Palestine: nearly 70 WHO health workers have lost their lives

Nearly 70 WHO health workers have lost their lives since September due to the Israeli genocide in Palestine.  teleSUR

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00:00And as of September 17th, at least 72 employees of the World Health Organization were killed

00:05and 43 were injured in Lebanon. According to the organization of the 207 health centers

00:10located in the conflict-affected areas, a hundred are currently closed, while stocks

00:14of medicines and medical workers are running low. Also, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern

00:19Mediterranean, Hannan Balki, described the situation in Lebanon as alarming and stressed

00:24that attacks on health facilities prevent several districts from receiving health services

00:28when they are most needed. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, as of October 3rd,

00:33the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah left almost 2,000 dead,

00:37including 127 children and 261 women, and about 9,400 women wounded.