00:00Currently, more than 16,500 Palestinians in Gaza are in urgent need of medical care,
00:07according to the World Health Organization.
00:09Its Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
00:12urges more countries to accept patients who require treatment not available in the Strip.
00:18He also called for all evacuation routes, including those from the West Bank,
00:23to be open to facilitate the transfer of patients in need.
00:26The WHO recently evacuated 19 critically ill patients from Gaza to Italy for specialised medical care.
00:34Despite the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the death toll in Gaza continues to climb.
00:39At least 241 people have been killed and another 609 injured since October 10,
00:45while more than 10,000 Palestinians remain buried under the rubble.
00:49Meanwhile, Israel's Defence Minister, Israel Katz,
00:52has ordered the military to destroy all Hamas tunnels in Gaza,
00:56saying it will lead to the group's downfall.
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