The shelling of the medical complex killed two people, wounded eight others, and severely damaged the surgical ward of the facility, the WHO director-general wrote on X.

Adhanom Ghebreyesus recalled that Nasser is south Gaza’s largest referral hospital and criticized the destruction of 35 in-patient beds in the raid, which “put even more pressure on the healthcare system, already overwhelmed by the resumption of violence.”

Healthcare cannot be targeted, it must be protected and not militarized, warned the WHO chief, who called for releasing all prisoners and resuming the ceasefire.

More than 600 Palestinians have been killed and more than 1,000 have been injured in the last eight days in the Strip due to the Israeli Defense Forces’ actions in that region, according to data from health authorities.

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