In a statement, the Ministry appealed to the international community, rights and health groups, and the International Committee of the Red Cross “to intervene immediately to stop the brutal Israeli aggression on the healthcare system, its staff, patients and the injured.”

"Patients undergoing hemodialysis, newborns in incubators, women with complications of pregnancy, and others are all facing imminent deterioration of their condition or death if they are forced to move and are cut off from life-saving medical attention while being evacuated," WHO warned in a statement last night.