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Israel bombs WHO facilities in Gaza as global outcry grows


Fresh offensive comes as Israel cancels visa of UN’s local humanitarian head

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Israel has bombed warehousing and staff accommodation in Gaza belonging to the World Health Organization amid intensifying international horror at its continuing attacks on starving civilians and on humanitarian efforts in the devastated Palestinian territory.

The airstrikes, which struck the UN global health agency’s facilities in Deir al-Balah – the focus of a recent offensive by the Israeli military – came as Israel cancelled the work visa of Jonathan Whittall, the head of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) inside Gaza and the most senior UN aid official in the coastal strip.

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Author : Peter Beaumont

Publish date : 2025-07-22 13:00:00

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