The World Health Organization called on Friday to allow regular entry of sick and injured people from Gaza to receive treatment in Egypt, to relieve pressure on the Strip’s hospitals.

The organization said that a system must be established to remove priority cases from the besieged sector.

26 out of 35 hospitals in the Gaza Strip are out of service, while the rest of the hospitals are struggling to provide health services, and are operating partially in light of the power outage and the exhaustion of the fuel needed to operate the generators.

The representative of the World Health Organization in Palestine, Richard Peppercorn, stressed that "this is not enough to support the endless needs" that arose due to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.

In a press conference held via video communication technology from occupied Jerusalem, Peppercorn called for daily, sustainable, unhindered, and safe medical evacuations of the sick and seriously injured to Egypt.

He stressed that between 50 and 60 patients should be transferred daily to Egypt, where they "will receive the appropriate and deserved treatment and care."

Regarding the Israeli occupation’s storming of Al-Shifa Medical Complex and the military siege imposed on the complex, Peppercorn said: “We are deeply concerned about the safety of patients and health workers, not only in Al-Shifa Hospital but in other hospitals as well.”

He stressed that "health facilities, health workers, ambulances and patients must be protected."

According to Peppercorn, before the start of the aggression on October 7, there were about 3,500 beds in the Gaza Strip’s hospitals. Now there are approximately 1,400 beds.

He estimated the current needs at "about 5,000 beds."

According to the UN official, the organization’s communication with its employees on the ground in Gaza has become “extremely difficult” due to the communication breakdown in the Strip.

Peppercorn also expressed deep concern about the spread of diseases in the besieged Strip, including acute respiratory infections, chicken pox, skin rashes, and hepatitis A.