WHO denounces 1,056 attacks on healthcare in Gaza
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Defimedia and Echorouk
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls for healthcare facilities to be protected after an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Gaza. WHO records 1,056 attacks on health services since October 2023, causing 1,010 deaths and 1,725 injuries, according to Defimedia.
The strike on the Nasser medical complex killed six Palestinians and injured more than 20, according to Gaza Civil Defence. The second floor of the Al-Yasin building, in western Khan Younis, was hit and intensive care and surgical services suffered extensive damage, the hospital director said.
Israeli army radio described the strike as an “assassination operation”. Five other Palestinians were killed on Wednesday in attacks in Gaza and the Bureij camp, while a sixth succumbed to injuries sustained on Tuesday. Since the ceasefire came into force on 10 October 2025, violations attributed to Israel have killed 1,622 Palestinians and injured 5,878.
Since October 2023, Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 74,600 Palestinians and injured nearly 176,000, according to data reported by Echorouk. Women and children make up the majority of the victims.
