Gaza's European Hospital Evacuated Amid Israeli Orders

Gaza's European Hospital in Khan Younis is nearly empty as staff and patients evacuated following Israeli army orders for residents to leave. Only three patients remain, according to WHO's Rik Peeperkorn. The WHO pleads for the hospital to be spared and undamaged.

Gaza's European Hospital in Khan Younis is virtually empty with staff and patients fleeing the facility after the Israeli army ordered residents in the surrounding areas to evacuate, a World Health Official spokesperson said on Tuesday.

"The hospital staff and the patients decided to already evacuate themselves," said Rik Peeperkorn, WHO Representative for the occupied Palestinian territories, adding that just three patients remained. "We plea the European Gaza hospital will be spared, will be non-damaged," he told the U.N. press briefing, speaking by video link from Jerusalem.