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Israel-Gaza latest: IDF confirms 'decline in forces' in southern Gaza - BBC News Israel-Gaza latest: IDF confirms 'decline in forces' in southern Gaza - BBC News
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The World Health Organization (WHO) says Gaza's largest hospital al-Shifa has been reduced to ashes by Israel's latest siege, leaving what it describes as an "empty shell" with many bodies. Israel's military has announced the deaths of four more of its soldiers in Gaza.
The head of WHO Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been posting on social media and says a team, who were visiting the site on Friday, have seen "at least five dead bodies during the mission". It says they were ambushed by Hamas gunmen in Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip's largest city.
Even restoring minimal functionality in the short term seems implausible." The Israeli government says 604 of its soldiers have killed in conflict since 7 October.
The WHO chief goes on to say an "in-depth assessment by a team of engineers is needed" to work out "if the remaining buildings are safe for future use". Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid tribute and named them in an address as Cpt Ido Baruch, Sgt Amitai Even Shoshan, Sgt Reef Harush and Sgt Ilai Zair.
"WHO and partners’ recent effort to support the revival of basic services at Al-Shifa are now lost, and people are once again deprived of access to lifesaving health care services," he adds. On behalf of myself and the citizens of Israel, I send heartfelt condolences to their families and to all the families that have lost loved ones in this difficult war."
Dr Tedros also reiterates international calls for a ceasefire and the protection of what is left of the medical facilities in Gaza.
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