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WHO Calls for Release of Staff Member Abducted by Israel

HeadlineJul 23, 2025

The World Health Organization has released video showing attacks on its facilities in central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah. A WHO spokesperson condemned the attack “in the strongest terms” and called for the immediate release of a staff member abducted by Israeli forces.

Tarik Jašarević: “Male staff and family members were handcuffed, stripped, interrogated on the spot and screened at gunpoint. Two WHO staff and two family members were detained.”

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