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Newshour: 10/12/2023 13:06 GMT: War in Gaza 'having catastrophic impact on health' - UN health chief

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10/12/2023 13:06 GMT

10/12/2023 13:06 GMT: War in Gaza 'having catastrophic impact on health' - UN health chief

War in Gaza 'having catastrophic impact on health' - UN health chief

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World Health Organisation chief warns war in Gaza having catastrophic impact on health

The head of the UN's World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions to help civilians in Gaza.

The head of the United Nations' World Health Organisation has said the war in Gaza is having a catastrophic impact on health care there. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians in the territory.

But the head of Israel's armed forces has called for a stepping up of the military campaign against Hamas.

Also in the programme: The Nobel Peace Prize is handed out in the absence of the winner, Narges Mohammadi, who remains in prison in Iran; and we'll hear why the Japanese baseball player, Shohei Ohtani, has landed a record-breaking contract in the US.

(Photo shows the director-general of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking on 21 May 2023. Credit: Denis Balibouse/Reuters)

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