Four hospitals in north Gaza and Gaza governorate have been forced to shut down since 1 September, leaving just 14 facilities still functioning across the Strip. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that dozens more are affected by evacuation orders, lack of access and nearby violence that has forced them out of service.

Speaking to journalists in Geneva, WHO’s spokesperson Tarik Jašarević said on Friday that “more violence only means more injured people, more casualties.”

Hospitals already face crippling shortages of medicines, supplies and safe access for health workers and patients, compounded by repeated displacements. Over 15,000 people urgently need medical evacuation, yet transfers are moving “very, very slowly,” the UN health agency insisted.

WHO reiterated its appeal for an immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access, stressing that only then can medical supplies, emergency teams and other life-saving support reach what is left of Gaza’s shattered health system.

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