WHO warns hospitals ‘on the brink’ as Israel pushes Gaza City assault

Displaced Palestinians move with their belongings southwards on a road in the Nuseirat refugee camp area in the central Gaza Strip after renewed Israeli forced displacement orders for Gaza City on September 18, 2025 [Eyad Baba/ AFP]

Sept. 18, 2025 - The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Gaza’s hospitals are on the “brink of collapse” as the Israeli military’s ground invasion pushes deeper into the besieged enclave.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday that the Israeli assault, currently centred on Gaza City, is “driving new waves of displacement, forcing traumatised families into an ever-shrinking area unfit for human dignity”.

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