WHO on al-Shifa: A death zone

WHO on al Shifa A death zone

Updated 01.36 | Published 01.36

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full screen The area around al-Shifa, the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip, has become the focus of the fighting in the area in recent days. Photo: Johan Hallnäs/TT

The World Health Organization WHO has been inside al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City to evaluate the situation. The organization’s assessment is that the hospital has become “a death zone” and calls for a complete evacuation.

“WHO and partners are now planning for the immediate evacuation of patients and staff and their families,” the organization wrote in a statement on Saturday.

The WHO states that 291 patients and 25 healthcare staff remain inside the hospital.

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