WHO: Plans underway to evacuate three hospitals in Gaza

A World Health Organisation (WHO) spokesperson said on Tuesday that three hospitals in Gaza have requested help with evacuating patients and said that planning was underway.

WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier said that the three hospitals were Al Shifa, from which a group of babies has already been rescued, Indonesian Hospital and Al Ahli Hospital.

He said such an event was a last resort, as Israeli bombardment and siege has left patients without healthcare and staff unable to assist them. 

"It's robbing the entire population of the north of the means to seek health (care)," he told a Geneva press briefing.