The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Saturday for the protection of the healthcare system in Gaza following the attack on Kamal Adwan Hospital, which resulted in the disruption of the last major health facility in northern Gaza. The organization emphasized that the systematic dismantling of the healthcare system is a death sentence for tens of thousands of Palestinians.

Reports indicated that some vital departments of the hospital were destroyed, while 60 healthcare workers and 25 patients remain in critical condition inside the facility. Patients were also evacuated to the destroyed Indonesian Hospital.

The airstrike came after escalating restrictions on the WHO’s access and repeated attacks on the facility since October.