GENEVA: The World Health Organization chief hailed Thursday the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas as “a big step toward lasting peace,” saying his agency was prepared to “scale up” health assistance in Gaza.
“WHO stands ready to scale up its work to meet the dire health needs of patients across Gaza, and to support rehabilitation of the destroyed health system,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X.
Numbers alone cannot capture the toll the Israel-Hamas war has taken on the Gaza Strip.
But they can help us understand how thoroughly the conflict has upended the lives of 2.1 million Palestinians living in the territory and decimated the territory’s 365 square kilometers (140 square miles).
Out of every 10 people, one has been killed or injured in an Israeli strike. Nine are displaced. At least three have not eaten for days. Out of every 100 children, four have lost either one or both parents.
