Gaza health ministry calls for Jordan conference to address 'urgent' need for medical aid

Gaza's health ministry has called on countries meeting at an emergency conference in Jordan to address the "urgent" medical disaster in the enclave.

“We call on the countries currently meeting at the International Conference for Emergency Humanitarian Response in Gaza to take concrete and urgent measures to save the Gaza Strip, which was destroyed by the Israeli occupation, on the humanitarian and health levels," ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said in a statement.

World leaders backed a US push for a ceasefire at the conference, which was called by Egypt and Jordan.