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WHO forced to move supplies swiftly amid Israeli military warning in southern Gaza

Henry Ortiz Published December 5, 2023
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On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said it had been forced to move supplies from a WHO medical warehouse in southern Gaza within 24 hours after a warning from the Israeli military that ground operations there would make it inaccessible.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a post on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, called on Israel to withdraw the order “and take every possible measure to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, including hospitals and humanitarian facilities.”

Today, @WHO received notification from the Israel Defense Forces that we should remove our supplies from our medical warehouse in southern Gaza within 24 hours, as ground operations will put it beyond use.

We appeal to #Israel to withdraw the order, and take every possible…

— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) December 4, 2023

Israel’s COGAT, a branch of the country’s defense ministry, in a statement, denied that it had asked the WHO to evacuate warehouses and said it made that clear to UN representatives. It did not elaborate.

“The truth is that we didn’t ask you to evacuate the warehouses and we also made it clear (and in writing) to the relevant #UN representatives,” the Israeli defense ministry body responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs, COGAT said on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The truth is that we didn't ask you to evacuate the warehouses and we also made it clear (and in writing) to the relevant #UN representatives.
From a #UN official we would expect, at least, to be more accurate. https://t.co/ZrXQ6ecqcd

— COGAT (@cogatonline) December 4, 2023

Shannon Barkley of the WHO’s team in occupied Palestinian territory told a media briefing that WHO personnel in Gaza were able “to complete a proportion of the evacuation of the warehouse to a new facility.”

Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean, said at the briefing that intensifying military ground operations by Israel in southern Gaza, particularly in Khan Younis, were likely to cut thousands of people off from access to healthcare.

WHO officials said that with many residents of Gaza unable to access clean water and sanitation they are concerned about a major disease outbreak.

WHO has noticed an increase in infectious diseases, including acute respiratory infections, scabies, jaundice, diarrhea, and bloody diarrhea, Al-Mandhari said.

Dr. Richard Brennan of the WHO’s Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean said health officials were also concerned about Hepatitis E, which can be spread from person to person through contaminated water and was a particular risk for pregnant women.

The health sector in Gaza has undergone “a massive degradation,” Brennan said, with 18 hospitals currently functioning, down from 36 before the war. Those that are open are operating well below their capacity.

“So our ability to respond to the needs are plummeting, just as those needs are soaring,” he said.

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