World Health Organisation 'extremely disturbed' by strikes near Al-Shifa Hospital

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director of the World Health Organisation, said during an emergency meeting at the UN Security Council that the situation in Gaza is so dire that it is "impossible to describe".

"Hospital corridors crammed with the injured, the sick, the dying; Morgues overflowing; Surgery without anaesthesia," Ghebreyesus said.

In a later social media post on X, formerly Twitter, Ghebreyesus said that WHO was "extremely disturbed by reports of airstrikes in the vicinity of Al-Shifa hospital", the largest medical complex in Gaza.

"Many health workers we were in contact with have been forced to leave the hospital in search of safety. Others report being unable to move due to grave insecurity. Many of the thousands sheltering at the hospital are forced to evacuate due to security risks, while many still remain there."