Nasser Hospital in Gaza is operating as “one massive trauma ward” due to an influx of patients injured at non-United Nations food distribution sites, the World Health Organisation has said, Reuters reports.

“They’ve seen already for weeks, daily injuries … and (the) majority coming from the so-called safe non-UN food distribution sites. The hospital is now operating as one massive trauma ward,” Rik Peeperkorn told reporters in Geneva.

Palestinians wounded in gunfire as people were receiving humanitarian aid in Rafah wait for first aid treatment at the congested Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 3, 2025. — AFP
Palestinians wounded in gunfire as people were receiving humanitarian aid in Rafah wait for first aid treatment at the congested Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 3, 2025. — AFP

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