Germany has called on Israel to grant the International Red Cross access to the director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who has been detained since December 27.

The head of the World Health Organization on Monday called for an end to attacks on hospitals in Gaza after Israel struck one and raided another in the past few days. "Hospitals in Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat,

World Health Organization director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who escaped an Israeli airstrike in Yemen, says Gaza's health crisis is indescribable and is calling for a ceasefire.

A recent report by the UN Human Rights Office indicates that Israeli military operations in Gaza have severely compromised the region's health care infrastructure. The report documents numerous attacks on medical facilities,

Authorities entered impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's compound, evading a crowd of protesters outside, but were confronted with presidential security forces inside.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk has said Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza may constitute a war crime. The Israeli military has repeatedly accused Hamas of using hospitals as command centers, although Turk said this week that Israel did not "substantiate many of these claims,