WHO: Health attacks by Israelis against Palestinians persist in the occupied territories during COVID-19 pandemic
An Israeli occupation soldier pointing his gun at a Palestinian ambulance in the West Bank.
JERUSALEM, Monday, February 1, 2021 (WAFA) - In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recorded 59 Israeli attacks against Palestinian health care in the occupied Palestinian territory, according to the latest WHO report on health access in the occupied territories.
Of these, 42 percent (25) involved obstruction to the delivery of health care services, including 12 incidents of obstructing access for ambulances to reach persons who had been fatally wounded.
Meanwhile, 61% of incidents (36) involved physical violence against health workers, ambulances, and health facilities, and six incidents involved the detention of health care workers, ambulances, patients, and patient companions.