World Health Organisation (WHO) director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that Nasser Hospital and Al-Amal Hospital in southern Gaza are “at risk of becoming non-functional”.

In a post on X, he said that two hospitals “lie within or just outside the evacuation zone” announced by Israel earlier this week.

“Israeli authorities have informed the Ministry of Health that access routes leading to both hospitals will be obstructed. As a result, safe access for new patients and staff will be difficult, if not impossible,” Tedros said.

He added, “The hospitals going out of service would have dire consequences for patients in need of surgical care, intensive care, blood bank and transfusion services, cancer care, and dialysis.

“The relentless and systematic decimation of hospitals in Gaza has been going on for too long. It must end immediately.”