In a series of coordinated efforts amid ongoing hostilities in Gaza, the World Health Organization (WHO) successfully led missions to evacuate critical patients from the besieged Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. The hospital, which has been at the center of intense fighting and was reportedly besieged by Israeli tanks, faced severe shortages of essential supplies including food, water, and medical oxygen, leading to the death of ICU patients due to lack of oxygen. The WHO's evacuation missions facilitated the transfer of 32 critical patients, including children, from the hospital, which has been rendered non-functional due to the conflict. The evacuations come as part of a broader crisis in Gaza's healthcare system, with multiple medical facilities being targeted and put out of service, including the Al Amal Hospital, which suffered direct attacks, and the Al-Shifa Hospital, previously the largest medical complex in Gaza, now turned into a mass grave according to reports. The Ministry of Health reported that 25 medical staff and 136 patients were besieged at Nasser Hospital without electricity, food, or water. Additionally, 14 patients were evacuated on one mission, and another mission facilitated the referral of 18 patients, including 8 critical and 10 mobile patients.
Gaza: No water, electricity or food in ‘severely damaged’ Nasser Hospital https://t.co/DrFntDcLDQ via @alextomo
'It's a death zone': Doctors film 'shocking' conditions in Gaza's Nasser Hospital after Israeli raid https://t.co/K6ePj4kGm7
WHO led two life-saving high-risk missions to transfer 32 critical patients, including two children, from Nasser Medical Complex in southern #Gaza on the 18 and 19 February, amid ongoing hostilities & access restrictions. 🧵 Full details: https://t.co/fQMxvro2qV https://t.co/5awRjmlT7k
"Like Doomsday": Gazans Describe Terrifying Evacuation From Hospital https://t.co/dldqZXMekG https://t.co/S14wpQ1rPv
Yesterday, @WHO led another complex mission to facilitate the referral of an additional 18 patients from Nasser hospital, amidst the ongoing hostilities in the vicinity. Out of 18 patients, 8 were critical, 10 mobile. Two children included. They've been safely transported to… https://t.co/W5QycRzkM8
#FromTheSouth News Bits | Palestine: Al Nasser Hospital is completely without resources to continue providing shelter. Patients are in the hospital without electricity, food, water, fuel, or oxygen. https://t.co/G7W3JVSl8f
WHO says 32 patients evacuated from ‘no longer functional’ Nasser Hospital in Gaza https://t.co/gX4MGtDMfd
BREAKING: AL AMAL HOSPITAL IN GAZA UNDER DIRECT AND MULTIPLE ATTACKS BY ISRAELI FORCES RIGHT NOW They targeted the 3rd floor of the hospital, resulting in the burning of 2 rooms. The hospital’s water lines were also targeted. https://t.co/lrdGHeucHb
⚠️ WHO COMPLETES SECOND GAZA HOSPITAL EVACUATION AMID FIGHTING (Reuters) The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it had completed a second evacuation mission from Gaza's Nasser Hospital, transferring a total of 32 critical patients including children from the site amid… https://t.co/mvhWrRU9PG
The #WHO says it has completed a second evacuation mission from #Gaza’s Nasser Hospital, transferring a total of 32 critical patients including children from the site amid ongoing hostilities. https://t.co/AQ2IlUa1RH
Al-Shifa Hospital was once the largest medical complex in Gaza. Israel turned it into a mass grave. https://t.co/XM20GgGz1S
The UN health agency @WHO successfully evacuated 14 patients from the Nasser hospital complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. Over 180 patients, and 15 doctors and nurses remain inside the hospital. Negotiations are ongoing for their evacuation. More: https://t.co/DLLQAEzz9L https://t.co/8IGA0kxmDV
Five Russian doctors and their relatives have been safely evacuated from Gaza to Moscow. Earlier, they had chosen to stay and help treat wounded Gazans, while Moscow aided the return of some of their family members https://t.co/9muRT2zD20
Fourteen patients were evacuated from a Gaza hospital that has been raided by Israeli troops, the Gaza health ministry and the United Nations said, as Israel denied its military operations had stopped the hospital from functioning https://t.co/9XOy6B2pub
‘No words to describe what is happening in Gaza,’ evacuated doctor tells RT https://t.co/vAfJPSJvxo
After two days of being denied entry into the Nasser Medical Complex in #Gaza, yesterday @WHO and partners were allowed to go inside to assess the patients. As a result, lifesaving medical referral of 14 critical patients was facilitated. Two patients needed continuous manual… https://t.co/7iS65vG61y
Russian doctors evacuated from Gaza to Moscow https://t.co/Mp79YADvdr
Fourteen patients were evacuated from a Gaza hospital that has been raided by Israeli troops, the Gaza health ministry said, as Israel denied its military operations had stopped the hospital from functioning https://t.co/OxAPn2wYvA
BREAKING| The Ministry of Health: ⭕️Israeli forces continue to transform Nasser Hospital into a military outpost, endangering the lives of patients and medical staff. ⭕️25 medical staff and 136 patients at Nasser Hospital are without electricity, water, food, oxygen, and…
⚠️ FOURTEEN PATIENTS EVACUATED FROM BESIEGED GAZA HOSPITAL, MINISTRY SAYS (Reuters) Fourteen patients were evacuated from a Gaza hospital that has been raided by Israeli troops, the Gaza health ministry said on Monday, as Israel denied its military operations had stopped the… https://t.co/TDCRsli3N0
BREAKING| The Ministry of Health: 25 of our staff and 136 patients are besieged at Nasser Hospital without electricity, food, or water and without treatment capacities. https://t.co/qqL37M0kjZ
🔹Intense fighting in/around #KhanYounis - Nasser Hospital besieged by Israeli tanks. 🔹Reportedly 10,000 people in the hospital, including 300 medical staff. No food, water or baby formula. 🔹Reports 5 ICU patients died due to lack of oxygen supplies. https://t.co/6szXkZhHTr https://t.co/rSo7TyT1uW
This has been a deliberate Israeli campaign to wipe out Gaza's entire health system, and it has been carried through to the bitter end. Gaza’s largest functioning hospital ‘completely out of service’, say health officials https://t.co/LeevvEliwQ
Gaza doctors: ‘We leave patients to scream for hours and hours’ - BBC News https://t.co/JhmDF9YVSe
One of Gaza's last functioning medical facilities has been put completely out of service by Israel's ongoing raid, following a week-long siege that forcibly removed hundreds of people sheltering in the building https://t.co/cPzfZAS2SO