WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated 4 individuals had been killed and 17 others wounded within the air strike.
A minimum of 4 individuals have been killed in an Israeli air strike on the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, in keeping with the World Well being Group and a hospital official.
A minimum of 4 individuals had been killed and 17 others had been wounded within the air strike, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated in a publish on X on Sunday.
Khaled al-Dakran, a spokesman for the hospital, stated a number of journalists had been among the many wounded within the assault.
Israel’s army stated the assault focused a command centre operated by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad armed group.
The Authorities Media Workplace in Gaza stated the air strike hit a tent the place displaced individuals had been sheltering and journalists had been working.
Reporting from the hospital grounds, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary stated displaced Palestinians on the hospital had been “terrified” after the assault.
“Everyone is terrified here. They have been seeking refuge inside this hospital for more than six months now,” she stated.
Al-Dakran referred to as on the worldwide neighborhood to make sure safety for well being employees in Gaza.
“Hospitals and medical teams and all health sector workers must be protected and the international community must provide such protection,” he stated.
“The patients, the wounded and the displaced are in a state of panic and horror, fearing that the Israeli planes will attack the hospital again.”
WHO chief Tedros stated a group with the United Nations organisation was on the hospital compound when the air strike hit and that every one WHO employees had been accounted for.
“We again call for protection of patients, health personnel and humanitarian missions. The ongoing attacks and militarisation of hospitals must stop. International humanitarian law must be respected,” Tedros stated. “We urge parties to comply with the UN Security Council resolution and ceasefire!”
A @WHO group was on a humanitarian mission at Al-Aqsa Hospital in #Gaza, when a tent camp contained in the hospital compound was hit by an Israeli airstrike as we speak. 4 individuals had been killed and 17 injured. WHO employees are all accounted for.
The group was on the hospital assessing the wants…
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) March 31, 2024
Reporting from Rafah, southern Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum stated the assault was “a new part of the Israeli ongoing attacks on journalists”.
Since October, greater than 130 Palestinian journalists have been killed, he added.
Israel’s military has been finishing up assaults in and round Al-Aqsa Hospital, amongst different medical amenities, in Gaza.
“The command centre and terrorists were struck precisely”, the Israeli army stated of Sunday’s assault, including it was supposed to minimise “harm to uninvolved civilians in the area of the hospital”.
“The Al-Aqsa Hospital building was not damaged and its functioning was not affected.”
Israeli strikes have killed 77 Palestinians in Gaza previously 24 hours, well being authorities stated on Sunday.
Greater than 32,000 individuals have been killed in Israel’s battle on Gaza for the reason that battle began practically six months in the past, in keeping with Palestinian officers. The assault started after the Palestinian group Hamas led an assault from Gaza on Israel on October 7, killing 1,139 individuals and seizing round 250 others as captives.
Afterward Sunday, mediator Egypt was set to host an Israeli delegation for talks in a bid to safe a ceasefire with Hamas and an settlement for the group to launch a few of the roughly 130 hostages who stay in captivity in Gaza in alternate for the discharge of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.