Gaza’s European Hospital in Khan Younis is virtually empty with staff and patients fleeing the facility after the Israeli army ordered residents in the surrounding areas to evacuate, Reuters quoted a World Health Official spokesperson as saying.

“The hospital staff and the patients decided to already evacuate themselves,” said Rik Peeperkorn, WHO Representative for the occupied Palestinian territories, adding that just three patients remained.

“We plea the European Gaza hospital will be spared, will be non-damaged,” he told the UN press briefing, speaking by video link from Jerusalem.

 Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Younis arrive in the city as they flee after the Israeli army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. — AFP
Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Younis arrive in the city as they flee after the Israeli army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. — AFP

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