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GENEVA — Israel must stop targeting Palestinian medical facilities, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) director-general has said, a few days after Israeli forces raided one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza.The Israeli army detained more than 240 people at Kamal Adwan Hospital on Friday, including the director, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya — whom it accused, without providing evidence, of being a Hamas operative.MedGlobal, the humanitarian organisation that employs Abu Safiya, called the raid part of an “alarming and egregious pattern of targeting medical personnel and spaces”, while the WHO described it as part of a “systematic dismantling of the health system”.Writing on X on Monday, the WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for Dr Abu Safiya’s immediate...
December 30, 2024
Israel has to ‘stop attacks on hospitals’ in Gaza, says WHO chief
December 30, 2024
New elections could take up to four years, Syria leader says
December 30, 2024
Tourist killed in shark attack off Egyptian coast
December 27, 2024
Israel forcibly evacuates Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza
BAMAKO — At least 69 people, including 25 Malians, have died after a boat bound for Spain from West Africa capsized off Morocco, Mali's authorities have confirmed.The "makeshift boat" was carrying about 80 people, but only 11 people survived, said a statement from the Ministry of Malians Abroad. At least nine of the survivors are from Mali.The boat capsized last week, but the ministry confirmed the incident on Thursday.A crisis unit has been dispatched to monitor the situation, it said.Mali has suffered years of jihadist and separatist violence — resulting in military coups in 2020 and 2021.The junta promised to hold elections to return to civilian rule by March 2024, but this has not happened yet.The instability in the country, due to widespread jihadist insurgency, has...
December 27, 2024
At least 69 dead after boat sinks in Morocco waters
December 27, 2024
WHO chief says he was at Yemen airport which Israeli strikes targeted
December 27, 2024
Israel strikes Sanaa airport and other Houthi targets across Yemen
December 27, 2024
Sara Netanyahu suspected of political harassment, Israel's AG orders probe
December 26, 2024
Five Gaza journalists killed in Israeli strike
December 26, 2024
Syria says 14 security personnel killed in 'ambush' by Assad loyalists
