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Geneva (dpa)
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly criticized the Israeli airstrike on the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City and called for the protection of health care facilities.
The emergency room, laboratory, X-ray machines and the pharmacy have been destroyed, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X on Sunday, citing the hospital director.
He said 50 patients had been moved to other hospitals, but 40 critically ill patients could not be transferred, adding that the hospital cannot accept new patients without repairs.
The director of the Al-Ahli Hospital said a child had died because its treatment had been disrupted, Tedros reported.
The Israeli military said the airstrike targeted a Hamas command centre operating inside the hospital.
The IDF stated that precautionary measures, such as advance warnings, were taken to minimize civilian harm.
"Hospitals are protected under international humanitarian law. Attacks on health care must stop," Tedros wrote.
He also called for an end to the Israeli blockade on aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip, which has been ongoing since the beginning of March.
