The health care system in the Gaza Strip is "on its knees," the head of the World Health Organization warned Friday, noting that half of the territory's 36 hospitals are no longer functioning.
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The UN Security Council met again on Friday to discuss the ongoing Israel-Palestine crisis as negotiations continue behind the scenes within the 15 member body to reach some consensus position over the war raging in Gaza. Ambassadors heard searing testimony from the UN health agency chief who said the entire health system of the enclave was now "on its knees". Catch up with the full meeting via UN Web TV, here.
The WHO chief said there had been more than 250 attacks on health care - such as strikes on hospitals, clinics, ambulances, and patients - in Gaza and the West Bank, and 25 such attacks in Israel in the conflict triggered by Hamas shock October 7 surprise offensive.