GENEVA, Dec 4 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization will maintain a rare session of its Executive Board on Dec. 10 to debate well being circumstances in Gaza and the West Bank, a doc from the U.N. world well being company confirmed and Palestinian ambassador stated.

Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus convened the session after receiving a request from 14 members of the WHO’s board, the WHO doc stated. A WHO spokesperson didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

The Palestinian ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva Ibrahim Khraishi stated that the assembly would focus totally on Gaza but additionally cowl assaults on the well being sector within the West Bank.

“We want to empower the WHO and call for the Israeli side not to target the medical sector. We want to allow for fresh medical supplies,” he informed Reuters, saying that his diplomatic mission was drafting a movement to be reviewed by the 34-member board.

Only a fraction of Gaza’s hospitals are at the moment operational on account of bombings and lack of gasoline and people which might be nonetheless functioning are more and more overwhelmed by a new wave of wounded arriving.

Israel has accused Hamas of utilizing bizarre Gazans as human shields by inserting command centres and weapons inside hospitals and different civilian buildings.

A senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Saturday Israel would facilitate the availability of humanitarian assist to Gaza’s civilians as preventing there resumed.

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