Israeli invasion of Rafah could cause city's last hospital to shutter, says WHO official

An official with the World Health Organisation said Rafah's last hospital could become non-functional if Israel launches a full-scale invasion into the city.

"If the incursion would continue, we would lose the last hospital in Rafah," Richard Peeperkorn said on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva.

He said that such an invasion would mean a "substantial additional mortality and morbidity".

On Monday, the director of the Kuwait Hospital in Rafah said the facility was no longer operational, following a strike that killed two of its staff members.

Reporting by Reuters