London – The residence of the World Health Organization personnel in Deir Al Balah, Gaza, was attacked three times by the Israel defense forces, who worked in A statement.
The Israeli army entered the facilities, forcing women and children to evacuate themselves on foot towards Al-Mawasi, according to Tuesday’s statement. WHO said male employees and family members were handcuffed, stripped, interrogated in the place and projected at gunpoint.
Three staff members were arrested, two of whom were released later, WHO said in a statement.
The smoke rises as the Palestinian promenade displaced with its belongings after an Israeli military operation in Deir Al-Balah, in the Central Strip of Gaza, on July 22, 2025.
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The statement published by the IDF on Tuesday described military action, including the arrest of “several suspected people of participation in terrorism”, although it was not clear immediately if I was detailing their interaction with the WHO staff.
The statement said that the FDI troops were shot “in the Deir al Balah area, and responded towards the area from which the shooting originated.”
The IDF added in their statement that it is sometimes “necessary for suspicious people of terrorist activity temporarily eliminating parts of their clothes to ensure that they are not hiding explosive belts or other weapons.”
“Who condemns in the strongest terms the attacks on a building that lived in deir to Balah in Gaza, the abuse of those who take refuge there and the destruction of their main warehouse,” he said.
The FDI issued a statement on Tuesday on social networks about its military action in Deir al Balah. The FDI statement, which was published after the WHO statement, did not mention the WHO by name, but said that the Israeli army had been “in contact” with international organizations before the beginning of its action in Deir al Balah.
“We emphasize that the IDF maintain continuous and consistent contact with international organizations, and throughout the war, the IDF have facilitated the safe evacuations of their personnel of evacuated areas, in coordination with the troops and according to the operational requirements,” said the FDI in his statement.
The smoke rises during the Israeli strikes in the midst of the Israeli military operation in Deir Al-Balah, in the Central Strip of Gaza, July 21, 2025.
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The majority of homes for WHO staff were inaccessible after attacks, the organization said in their statement, added that at least 43 staff members and their families were relocated to several personnel residences to the WHO office “under darkness and with a significant risk.”
“Who is horrified by dangerous conditions under which humanitarian and health workers are forced to operate,” officials said on Tuesday. “As the situation and security access continue to deteriorate, the red lines cross repeatedly, and humanitarian operations pushed an increasingly restless space to respond.”
The organization added: “We reiterate our call to the active protection of civilians, medical care and their premises and for a fast -and -free and obstacle aid flow, including food, fuels and health supplies, at a scale in already through Gaza.”
The IDF said that “it should be emphasized that suspects are treated in accordance with international law.”
WHO officials in their statement said the organization had shared the coordinates of all its facilities, including their stores and personnel housing, with “the relevant parties.” But the group said that its main warehouse full of medical supplies was attacked, causing “explosions and fire in”, and then looted “by desperate crowds.”
“Any threat to these premises is a threat to the entire humanitarian health response in Gaza,” the organization said.
