WHO halts Gaza medical evacuations after contractor killed

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has announced the suspension of medical evacuations for patients from the Gaza Strip following the death of a person contracted to provide services to the Organization. In a post on social media platform X, he said that the contractor was killed on Monday “as a result of a security incident” in Gaza.  He added that two other WHO staff members were present at the scene but were not injured.  Tedros said that...