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UN experts horrified at blatant disregard for health rights in Gaza following deadly raid on Kamal Adwan hospital

Posted on | The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, today called for an end to blatant disregard of the right to health in Gaza, following last week’s raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital and the arbitrary arrest and detention of its director, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya.

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Four babies die from hypothermia in Gaza, as Israel’s war pushes Palestinians into tent camps

Posted on | Abeer Salman | Eyad Kourdi | Ibrahim Dahman | Sana Noor Haq | Tareq El Hilou | CNN

CNN  — A newborn baby died from the cold in a tent encampment in Al-Mawasi, in southern Gaza, a health official said Wednesday, highlighting the stark challenges to survival faced by Palestinian children displaced from their homes amid Israel’s ongoing assault on the strip.

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Kamal Adwan Hospital out of service following a raid yesterday and repeated attacks since October

Posted on | L'Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS)

28 December 2024 – WHO is appalled by yesterday’s raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital, which put the last major health facility in North Gaza out of service. The systematic dismantling of the health system and a siege for over 80 days on North Gaza puts the lives of the 75,000 Palestinians remaining in the area at risk.