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WHO Urges Expanded Access for Gaza Medical Evacuations
10/26/2025
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Story summary
- World Health Organization (WHO) representative Rik Peeperkorn says expanded access routes into Gaza are needed to raise medical evacuations to 50 patients per day.
- Since the conflict escalated on October 7, 2023, over 68,000 Gazans have died and 170,000 have been injured.
- Only two crossings are open, limiting aid and medical supply flows.
- The WHO seeks expanded hospital capacity and reopening referral hospitals in the West Bank.
