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WHO mourns the death of staff member killed in Gaza

Content Editor: Manu Goel

Humanitarian issue

Content Editor:  Manu Goel

WHO announced the death of Dima Abdullatif Mohammed Alhaj(29), who had worked with WHO since December 2019 as a patient administrator at the Limb Reconstruction Centre of the WHO Trauma and Emergency Team.  Dima died on 21st November when her parents’ house in southern Gaza was bombed. She was tragically killed alongside her husband, six-month old baby boy, her two brothers and 50 other family and community members.  The humanitarian and UN family have lost many members since 7 October. Médecins Sans Frontières(Doctors Without Borders) lost two doctors. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East(UNRWA) has lost 108 colleagues.  Since October 7, the WHO has confirmed over 250 strikes on hospitals, clinics, ambulances, and patients in Gaza and the West Bank. Half of the Gaza Strip's 36 hospitals and two-thirds of its primary healthcare clinics are closed.

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