WHO says Gaza‍‍`s biggest hospital becoming a cemetery

The Report Desk

Published: November 14, 2023, 01:01 PM

WHO says Gaza‍‍`s biggest hospital becoming a cemetery

Inside Al-Shifa hospital. AFP Photo

Gaza‍‍`s biggest hospital, Al-Shifa, is "nearly a cemetery", the World Health Organization warns, with bodies piling up inside and outside, reports BBC.

Dozens of premature babies and 45 kidney patients needing dialysis can‍‍`t be treated properly due to a lack of power, a UN spokesperson says.

The manager of Al-Shifa told the BBC three premature babies are among 32 people who have died for lack of treatment in recent days.

Fighting has been raging close to the hospital in Gaza City in recent days, with severe fuel shortages affecting treatment.

Israel has accused Hamas of having a command and control centre under the hospital - which the facility and Hamas deny.

Israel began striking Gaza after the Hamas attacks on 7 October, in which 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 taken hostage.

The Hamas-run health ministry says more than 11,000 people have been killed in Gaza since - of whom more than 4,500 were children.

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