WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the organization has intensified its health response in Gaza following the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

This came in a post by Ghebreyesus on the "X" platform, on Friday, commenting on the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement that entered into force on January 19.

He explained that the World Health Organization has been working to expand the scope of its health response in Gaza since the ceasefire agreement in the Strip.

He pointed out that 70,000 liters of fuel were delivered to the Strip this week, which allows 20 health facilities and hospitals to remain partially operational in Gaza and ambulances to operate.

Ghebreyesus said that the World Health Organization delivered essential medical supplies from its stockpile in Gaza to 6 hospitals and medical points, and to 21 medical teams in the north and south of the Strip.

He pointed out that these resources are sufficient to provide "50,000 patients with maternity care, treatment for trauma, malnutrition and non-communicable diseases, and to improve infection prevention in health facilities."

Ghebreyesus stressed that conditions in Gaza are still difficult, noting that relief operations are still complex.

He explained that WHO teams continue their commitment to delivering urgently needed medical supplies and enabling the health system in Gaza to recover sooner.

On January 19, a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel came into effect. Its first phase will last for 42 days, during which negotiations will begin to begin a second and then a third phase, mediated by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States.

Earlier on Saturday, Hamas released four Israeli female soldiers and handed them over to the Red Cross, which in turn handed them over to the Israeli side, as part of the second batch of the first phase of the exchange deal and ceasefire in Gaza.