The World Health Organization (WHO) condemned the Israeli attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip, which resulted in at least six deaths and more than 25 injuries, as well as material damage. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus lamented the attack and highlighted the damage to the surgery service of the Nasser Medical Complex.
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12/11/2026
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A World Health Organization (WHO) today condemned the Israeli Army's attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip that caused at least six deaths and more than 25 injuries, as well as material damage.
“ Another deadly attack on health services in Gaza,” lamented World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a message released on social networks.
In the message, Tedros highlighted that among the victims of the bombing against the surgery service of the Nasser Medical Complex are “a health professional, patients and companions”.
“ According to the information available, the service suffered considerable damage,” he said.
Tedros stated that damage has been recorded in other areas of the hospital, “including in the operating blocks, the recovery unit and the intensive care unit”.
The WHO Director-General specified that since the beginning of the Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip following the attacks of October 7, 2023, 1,056 offensives have been documented against facilities and health services in the territory, which caused more than 1,000 deaths and 1,725 wounded.
“ The health needs in Gaza remain immense and will only increase with the arrival of winter. Rain, flooding and cold will worsen living conditions and increase the risk of diseases, in a context where water and sanitation systems are severely deteriorated,” he said.
“ Our call remains: allow humanitarian access without hindrances and facilitate the entry of more medical supplies and humanitarian aid into Gaza,” he said, stressing that “the Gaza health units are a lifeline for the population.”.
In this sense, Tedros insisted that these facilities “must be protected” and that “they must never be militarized or attacked”.
“The best medicine is peace,” concluded the WHO Director General, following the attack that, according to Israel, targeted alleged members of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), rejected by the group.
Hamas accused the Israeli army of spreading “false narratives” and “lies” to justify the attack on the hospital and classified bombing as a “new war crime” against a medical facility protected by international law.
In a statement, Hamas responded to the Israeli army's allegations that the hospital and its surroundings were being used for military purposes and as a center of operations to conduct attacks against its forces.
The attack also prompted the condemnation of the Human Rights Medical Organization – Israel (PHRI), which considered the act to be the “continuation of genocide” in the Gaza Strip.
“The genocide of Israel in Gaza continues under the pretext of a ceasefire. Repeated attacks on hospitals and health professionals are further devastating an already weakened health system, depriving Palestinians in Gaza of access to essential medical care and the possibility of recovering and living with dignity,” the non-governmental organisation said in a statement.