WHO loses communication with Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, says DG

Smoke rises as displaced Palestinians take shelter at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza on Wednesday (Nov 8). - Photo: REUTERS

ISTANBUL: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has lost communication with its contacts in Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, its director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said early Sunday (Nov 12).

“WHO has lost contact with its focal points in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, amid horrifying reports of the hospital facing repeated attacks,” Anadolu Agency quoted Tedros as saying on X (formerly known as Twitter).