Twenty-one hospitals told to evacuate and four not functioning, WHO says

Four hospitals in the north of the Gaza strip are no longer working, the World Health Organisation has said.

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In a statement on social media, the WHO in occupied Palestinian territory adds that 21 hospitals in Gaza have been given an order to evacuate by the Israel military.

The global health body also notes that the "forced evacuation" of hospitals may amount to a violation of international humanitarian law".

Quote Message: Forced evacuation of hospitals in the Gaza Strip puts the lives of vulnerable patients at immediate risk, amounting to a death sentence for those needing intensive care and lifesaving surgeries."

Forced evacuation of hospitals in the Gaza Strip puts the lives of vulnerable patients at immediate risk, amounting to a death sentence for those needing intensive care and lifesaving surgeries."

'My message to the world? We want to live'

Ramez Barhoum is 15 years old. He is currently taking shelter at a UN school in Rafah in southern Gaza.

“There was a bombing next to our house. Innocent people were killed, a whole family next to our house, parents with their kids. We were afraid,” he told the BBC.

He said that the house next to his uncle’s was also bombed. It was then that he fled to the school.

“I saw horrible scenes. A kid not even a year old - his two legs were cut off, his head, he was blown to pieces.

"I can barely stand it. Look around at these kids, ask them if they want to live or not," he said.

“We want to live. Our dream is to live, that’s all we want”.

source: bbc