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WHO loses contact with al-Shifa Hospital staff, raises concerns

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that it has lost touch with health personnel at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza after Israeli forces raided the building. 

The WHO's director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, wrote on social media platform X: “Reports of military incursion into Al-Shifa hospital are deeply concerning.

"We've lost touch again with health personnel at the hospital. We're extremely worried for their and their patients' safety,” he added.