Shafaqna English– Israeli strike puts Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza out of action, according to the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO).
“Al-Ahli Hospital is out of service,” WHO’s Spokesperson Dr Margaret Harris told UN News after the airstrike early on Sunday (13 Apr 2025) morning. “The pharmacy was destroyed, many of the different buildings and services were destroyed.”
Some 40 patients whose condition is too critical to be moved from the health facility are continuing to receive care, while the 50 other remaining patients – including a child who died – were evacuated to other medical centres shortly before the attack began.
The situation remains critical, and medical supplies of all kinds are now “desperately low”, WHO’s Dr Harris said, before expressing deep concern for the safety of health personnel at the stricken hospital. Until Sunday’s strike, Al-Ahli was the main hospital dealing with the casualties from Israeli airstrikes. Now, most casualties are sent to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
The UN’s health agency says only 21 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals remain partially functional. Almost all of them have been damaged in the war.
Source: UN News