The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, confirmed that patients, health workers and civilians spent last night in darkness and fear as a result of the intense Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip.

Ghebreyesus explained, in a statement published on his official account via the “X” platform, that there is a complete outage of communications and electricity in the Gaza Strip, and that the number of wounded is constantly increasing, which hinders the efforts of ambulances to reach them due to the current circumstances.

The World Health Organization renewed its calls for a ceasefire on both sides in order to allow the provision of humanitarian aid. The organization indicated that civilians, including health workers and patients, must be protected in accordance with international laws. The global organization also stressed that it is impossible to evacuate patients without endangering their lives.

For its part, yesterday, Friday, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip. The decision was supported by the majority of member states.

The World Health Organization confirmed that it is impossible to evacuate patients without endangering their lives (French)

The draft resolution, which was submitted by nearly 50 countries, including Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, was approved by a majority of 120 votes in favor and 14 against, with 45 countries abstaining from voting.

On Friday night, Gaza witnessed the most violent bombardment from several axes since the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, causing the complete destruction of hundreds of buildings. It coincided with a limited ground incursion for the third day in a row, and a complete cut off of communications and the Internet from the Strip to isolate it from the world. External.

For the 22nd day, the Israeli occupation army continues its war on Gaza, and the number of martyrs rose to 7,703, including 3,195 children, and the number of injured to about 19,450, in addition to 1,650 missing people, according to data from the Ministry of Health in Gaza.