WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mentioned 4 folks had been killed and 17 others injured within the airstrike.
At the very least 4 folks had been killed in an Israeli air strike on the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, in response to the World Well being Group and a hospital official.
At the very least 4 folks had been killed and 17 others had been injured within the air strike, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mentioned in a press release on Sunday.
Khaled al-Dakran, a hospital spokesman, mentioned a number of journalists had been amongst these injured within the assault.
The Israeli navy mentioned the assault was geared toward a command middle operated by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad armed group.
The Authorities Media Workplace in Gaza mentioned the airstrike hit a tent the place displaced persons are sheltering and journalists are working.
Reporting from the hospital grounds, Al Jazeera's Hind Khoudary mentioned Palestinians displaced within the hospital had been “terrified” after the assault.
“Everyone seems to be terrified right here. They’ve been looking for refuge on this hospital for greater than six months,” he mentioned.
Al-Dakran known as on the worldwide neighborhood to make sure the safety of well being employees in Gaza.
“Hospitals and medical groups and all well being sector employees should be protected and the worldwide neighborhood should present such safety,” he mentioned.
“Sufferers, wounded and displaced are in a state of panic and horror, fearing that Israeli planes will assault the hospital once more.”
The top of the WHO, Tedros, mentioned {that a} crew with the United Nations group was within the compound of the hospital when the air strike hit and that every one the workers of the WHO had been accounted for .
“We name once more for the safety of sufferers, well being personnel and humanitarian missions. The continuing assaults and the militarization of hospitals should cease. Worldwide humanitarian legislation should be revered,” Tedros mentioned. “We urge the events to respect the decision of the UN Safety Council and the ceasefire!”
A @WHO The crew was on a humanitarian mission to Al-Aqsa Hospital in #Gaza, when a tent camp within the hospital compound was hit by an Israeli airstrike as we speak. 4 folks had been killed and 17 injured. WHO workers are all accounted for.
The crew was on the hospital to evaluate the wants…
– Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) March 31, 2024
Reporting from Rafah, southern Gaza, Al Jazeera's Tareq Abu Azzoum mentioned the assault was “a brand new a part of ongoing Israeli assaults on journalists.”
Since October, greater than 130 Palestinian journalists have been killed, he added.
The Israeli navy carried out assaults in and round Al-Aqsa hospital, amongst different medical amenities, in Gaza.
“The command middle and the terrorists had been exactly hit,” the Israeli navy mentioned of Sunday's assault, including that it was geared toward minimizing “hurt to civilians not concerned within the hospital space.”
“The Al-Aqsa Hospital constructing was not broken and its operation was not affected.”
Israeli assaults have killed 77 Palestinians in Gaza prior to now 24 hours, well being authorities mentioned on Sunday.
Greater than 32,000 folks have been killed in Israel's conflict on Gaza for the reason that conflict started practically six months in the past, in response to Palestinian officers. The assault started after the Palestinian group Hamas led an assault from Gaza into Israel on October 7, killing 1,139 folks and capturing round 250 others as prisoners.
Afterward Sunday, mediator Egypt was as a result of host an Israeli delegation for talks in an try and safe a ceasefire with Hamas and an settlement for the group to launch a number of the roughly 130 hostages remaining in Gaza in alternate. of the discharge of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons.
