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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Malak A Tantesh in Gaza and Julian Borger

WHO ‘appalled’ by Israel attack on northern Gaza’s last functioning major hospital

Ambulances evacuate wounded Palestinians from the Kamal Adwan hospital on 28 December.
Ambulances evacuate wounded Palestinians from the Kamal Adwan hospital on 28 December. Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images

The World Health Organization says it is “appalled” by an Israeli raid which it said had shut down and partly destroyed the last major hospital still functioning in northern Gaza.

Israel’s “systematic dismantling of the health system” combined with a siege of the population in the north of the coastal strip over the past 80 days “puts the lives of the 75,000 Palestinians remaining in the area at risk”, the WHO said.

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