WHO says Gaza's Al-Amal hospital 'virtually out of service'

The Al-Amal hospital in Gaza, one of the few still operating in the Palestinian territory, is now "virtually out of service" due to intense military activity, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

"Access to the hospital is obstructed, preventing new patients from reaching care, and leading to more preventable deaths," the WHO's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on X.

Tedros said two emergency medical teams – one local, the other international  – "are still doing their best to serve the remaining patients with the limited medical supplies left on the premises."

"With the closure of Al-Amal, Nasser Medical Complex is now the only remaining hospital with an intensive care unit in Khan Younis," he said.

The WHO said on June 5 that al-Nasser and Al-Amal hospitals were unable to fully treat the wounded that continue to pour in because of serious shortages of medicines and medical supplies after two months of total blockade.

Israeli authorities have recently allowed in some humanitarian aid, but much less than is needed.

(Cover: Smoke rises near Nasser Hospital after an Israeli attack targeted an area close to the medical facility in the southern Gaza Strip, June 9, 2025. /VCG)