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UN: Gaza humanitarian situation worsening as access and services collapse
Summary
The United Nations says intense hostilities and repeated denials of humanitarian access have damaged hospitals, cut water supplies and closed schools in Gaza, leaving supplies dwindling and hundreds of thousands of civilians at increased risk.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Wednesday that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is deteriorating rapidly as intense hostilities continue and repeated denials of access prevent aid delivery.
UN spokesperson Steph said OCHA and the World Health Organization visited Nasr Hospital in southern Gaza after an attack that damaged the facility's surgical ward. "WHO said 2 people were killed and 8 injured when Nasr's surgical ward was hit, when nearly 3 dozen inpatient beds were destroyed," the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson quoted WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, noting that health care should be protected and must never be militarized. The statement said that OCHA and local partners found evacuation orders in North Gaza covering areas that include nearly 27,000 people in and near roughly four dozen displacement sites; two…
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