WHO head: urgent evacuation plan is being prepared from Al-Shifa hospital
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An urgent plan is currently being prepared to evacuate patients and staff from Al-Shifa Hospital, the head of the World Health Association (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, wrote on his page on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
He noted that the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza can no longer operate.
“No water, no food, no electricity, no fuel, supplies of medicines are exhausted,” he said.
It is reported that 25 health workers and 291 patients remain in the hospital at the moment. They are planned to be moved to the southern regions of Gaza within 1-3 days.
On the morning of October 7, Israel was subjected to an unprecedented-scale rocket attack from the Gaza Strip as part of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, announced by the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement. At the same time, organized groups of Hamas fighters began to penetrate into Israeli territory, who easily overcame the first line of defense of the Israeli army, took hostages and caused serious damage. Israel later launched Operation Iron Swords, attacking the Gaza Strip and cutting off all supplies of water, food, electricity, medicine and fuel. Attacks are also being carried out on the territory of neighboring Lebanon and Syria.
At the moment, the number of deaths from Israeli army strikes in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 12,300, including 20 Russian citizens, and the number of wounded has exceeded 29 thousand. In addition, Hamas militants may be holding up to 150 Israelis hostage. More than 1.2 thousand people died in Israel.
The Russian Foreign Ministry called on the parties to stop all hostilities. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a resolution to this crisis is possible only on the basis of a “two-state” formula approved by the UN Security Council, that is, the creation of an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with its capital in East Jerusalem.
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