An official for the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that more than 8,000 people needed to be referred outside Gaza for medical treatment, Al Jazeera reports.

Dr Richard Peeperkorn, the WHO representative for Gaza and the West Bank, told reporters that some 6,000 people needed to be referred for “war-related” injuries and ailments.

These include patients with multiple trauma injuries, burns and amputations.

The other 2,000 were patients requiring care for cancer and other serious chronic illnesses.