A World Health Organization official said that only 11 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals remain partially functional and pleaded for them to remain intact, Reuters reports.
“In just 66 days the health system has gone from 36 functional hospitals to 11 partially functional hospitals — one in the north and 10 in the south,” Richard Peeperkorn, WHO representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, told a UN press briefing by videolink from Gaza.
“We cannot afford to lose any health care facilities or hospitals,” he said. “We hope, we plea that this will not happen.”
