WHO: More than 16,500 people require urgent medical treatment in Gaza

Over 16,500 people in Gaza are in need of urgent medical care, according to an X post by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday.

Ghebreyesus mentioned that WHO had recently evacuated 19 patients in critical condition to Italy, in order to provide them with life-saving care that is not available in Gaza.

The Director-General called for increased medical evacuations and an expansion of routes.