The World Health Organization (WHO) claimed on Tuesday that it was forced to move supplies from a WHO medical warehouse in southern Gaza within 24 hours after the IDF warned that it would operate on the ground in the area, which would make the warehouses inaccessible during the operation.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tweeted an appeal to Israel on X, formerly Twitter, and called on it to withdraw from the order "and take every possible step to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, including hospitals and humanitarian facilities."
Shannon Barkley from the WHO team in the Palestinian territories said in a media briefing that the World Health Organization personnel in Gaza managed to "complete part of the evacuation of the warehouse to a new facility".
Israel denied the claim and said that it clarified this to the UN representatives, who did not comment on the matter.
Today, @WHO received notification from the Israel Defense Forces that we should remove our supplies from our medical warehouse in southern Gaza within 24 hours, as ground operations will put it beyond use.We appeal to #Israel to withdraw the order, and take every possible…
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) December 4, 2023