WHO: Gaza's Al-Amal hospital 'virtually out of service'
The Al-Amal Hospital in Gaza, one of the few still operating in the Palestinian territory, is now "virtually out of service" due to intense military activity, the head of the WHO said Monday.
"Access to the hospital is obstructed, preventing new patients from reaching care, and leading to more preventable deaths," the World Health Organization's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on X.
Tedros said two emergency medical teams - one local, the other international - "are still doing their best to serve the remaining patients with the limited medical supplies left on the premises."
"With the closure of Al-Amal, Nasser Medical Complex is now the only remaining hospital with an intensive care unit in Khan Younis," he said.
Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis, #Gaza, is now essentially out of service due to increasing hostilities in its vicinity.
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) June 9, 2025
Access to the hospital is obstructed, preventing new patients from reaching care, and leading to more preventable deaths. The hospital still has patients who… pic.twitter.com/21VwZq4wtK