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WHO chief condemns latest attacks on Gaza hospitals

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reiterated calls for the protection of the few hospitals still operating inside Gaza on Saturday, following reports of fresh Israeli strikes on two health care facilities in the north of the strip.

"Hostilities in the vicinity of hospitals can quickly make them non-functional by compromising access," Ghebreyesus wrote on X. "We cannot request any more loudly: health care must be protected."

Ghebreyesus' latest appeal followed reported Israeli attacks on the Indonesian Hospital and Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza.

Both are in the Jabalia area in the north of the strip, which is the focus of a fresh Israeli offensive and a sweeping evacuation order for residents.

"We call for sustained and safe access to reach all patients and health workers in need," Ghebreyesus wrote. "We call for an immediate ceasefire!"

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The WHO chief said the organization is "planning a mission to Kamal Adwan hospital" in Beit Lahia -- just north of Jabalia -- on Sunday "to deliver fuel, medical supplies, blood, food and transfer critical patients to Shifa hospital."

"It is vital that Kamal Adwan and Al-Awda hospitals remain operational," Ghebreyesus said.

Gaza's 36 hospitals and nine field hospitals have been badly affected by more than a year of war.

ABC News analysis found that as of Sept. 24, only four field hospitals were still functional, all in the central or southern areas of the strip. Twenty-two hospitals were partially functioning, with the remaining 19 non-functioning.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller