Malnutrition cases overwhelm Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza

The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised alarm over the dire conditions in hospitals across northern Gaza, with Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia facing what its director called an "extreme catastrophe."  

"We are very, very concerned, and it's getting harder and harder to get the aid in. It's getting harder and harder to get the specialist personnel in at a time when there is greater and greater need," WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told journalists in Geneva.  

Harris highlighted that Kamal Adwan Hospital was attacked again on Tuesday by Israeli troops, compounding its already critical situation.  

"A large number of children and elderly people continue to arrive suffering from malnutrition," said hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safia, who accused Israel of "blocking the entry of food, water, medical staff and materials destined for the north."  

Harris added that between 8 and 16 November, "four WHO missions we were trying to get up to go were denied."