The Gaza Government Media Office has urged the World Health Organisation to urgently deploy a delegation to protect Kamal Adwan Hospital and its staff, patients and displaced Palestinians from Israeli attacks, Al Jazeera reports.

It said in a statement that bombing and threatening hospitals is a humanitarian and moral crime as well as a flagrant violation of international laws and norms.

“These attacks are ongoing and have not stopped for nearly 80 days since the ground aggression on the northern Gaza Strip Governorate began, which has claimed the lives of thousands of martyrs, left many missing, wounded or detained,” the statement said.

The office added that attacks on Kamal Adwan Hospital are part of Israel’s plan to systematically dismantle the healthcare system in the territory. It said it holds Israel, the US and other countries participating in the “genocide” like Germany, the UK and France responsible.