The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated on Thursday that Lebanon’s health system is struggling to cope with the influx of patients following Israel’s intensified airstrikes and ground operations in the country.
Ghebreyesus wrote on X: “The death toll in Lebanon is rising, and hospitals are overwhelmed by the influx of the wounded.”
He added that “consecutive crises have weakened the health system, which is struggling to meet the enormous needs,” emphasizing that “the WHO is working to scale up its response.”
The head of the UN health organization also stated that WHO was working with the Lebanese Ministry of Health “to ensure hospitals have enough medical supplies and health workers are trained for mass casualty events, as well as to maintain essential health services for the most vulnerable.” In that regard, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met with members of the Arab League in Geneva.
It is worth noting that 1,928 people have been killed, according to Lebanon’s disaster management agency, since October 8, when cross-border fire exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel began.
