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Israel and WHO in online row over removal of medical supplies in Gaza

A medical worker assists a wounded Palestinian baby at the Nasser Medical Complex following Israeli attacks in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]

An online row has emerged between the World Health Organization (WHO) and Israel after the United Nations health body said the Israeli army ordered it to remove supplies from its warehouse in southern Gaza, a claim Israel then denied.

The “WHO received notification” from the Israeli forces “that we should remove our supplies from our medical warehouse in southern Gaza within 24 hours, as ground operations will put it beyond use”, its chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on X on Monday.

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