Israel says WHO ‘colluding’ with Hamas by ignoring ‘terrorist use’ of Gaza hospitals

Israel on Thursday accused the World Health Organization of collusion with Hamas by ignoring Israeli evidence of the “terrorist use” of hospitals in the Gaza Strip, during a session when the global health body’s chief described conditions in the coastal enclave as “hellish.”

Israeli ambassador Meirav Eilon Shahar told the WHO’s executive board that there could not be health care in the Palestinian territory when Hamas “embeds itself in hospitals and uses human shields.”

In “every single hospital that the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) searched in Gaza, it found evidence of Hamas’ military use,” she said. “These are undeniable facts that WHO chooses to ignore time and time again. This is not incompetence; it is collusion.”

Israel has repeatedly said Hamas is using civilians as human shields, including by locating operations bases under hospitals. Captured Hamas terrorists have confirmed the claims, explaining that Hamas knows Israel will not bomb a medical center.

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