UN is planning a mission to Al-Shifa Hospital after Israel's withdrawal

The United Nations is planning a mission to Al-Shifa Hospital as soon as it is “allowed to help people receive medical care and assess facilities,” the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Monday. .

The announcement came after Israel ended its 14-day siege on Gaza's largest hospital on Monday.

At least 300 bodies have been discovered there so far, according to Gaza Civil Defense, and one witness described the destructive aftermath as a scene from a “horror movie.”

The United Nations also said a WHO team visited Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza on Sunday (31), when a camp inside the complex was hit by an Israeli airstrike.

On Sunday, Martin Griffiths, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, called for an end to attempts to marginalize the largest humanitarian organization in Gaza – the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA).

He called UNRWA “the backbone of the humanitarian operation in Gaza” and added in his X post that “any effort to distribute aid without them is simply doomed to failure.” He added: “No other agency has the same reach, experience or community trust needed to get the job done.”

Source: CNN Brasil

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