{"id":2000108084,"date":"2026-04-10T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T07:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000108084"},"modified":"2026-04-10T09:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T07:09:06","slug":"who-chief-urges-israel-to-reverse-evacuation-order-in-beirut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/who-chief-urges-israel-to-reverse-evacuation-order-in-beirut\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO chief urges Israel to reverse evacuation order in Beirut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a post on social media platform X, Tedros said the evacuation order issued by the Israeli Defense Forces targets the Jnah area in Beirut’s southern suburbs, where two major referral hospitals – Rafik Hariri University Hospital and Al Zahraa Hospital – are located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He noted that “no alternative medical facilities” are available to accommodate around 450 patients from the two hospitals, including 40 in intensive care units (ICU), making evacuation “operationally unfeasible.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both hospitals are operating at full capacity, including treating those injured in the April 8 strikes, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tedros said the affected area also includes a health ministry complex and five shelters housing more than 5,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He called on Israel to “ensure the protection of all health facilities, health workers, patients and civilians.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged Israel to rescind an evacuation order covering a district in Beirut, warning that it puts hundreds of patients at serious risk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday urged Israel to rescind an evacuation order covering a district in Beirut, warning that it puts hundreds of patients at serious risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000108086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[151,101],"byline":[235],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000108084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-editors-choice","tag-internationl","byline-xinhua"],"bylines":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"contributors":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"featured_image":{"id":2000108086,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/beir.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1024,"height":576,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/beir.jpg","width":150,"height":84},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/beir.jpg","width":300,"height":169},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/beir.jpg","width":768,"height":432},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/beir.jpg","width":1024,"height":576},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/beir.jpg","width":1024,"height":576}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000108084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000108084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000108084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000108088,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000108084\/revisions\/2000108088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000108086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000108084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000108084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000108084"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000108084"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000108084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}