WHO / GAZA TEDROS REAX

Speaking to reporters in Lyon, WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said he asked president El-Sisi of Egypt to help transferring medical supplies through the Rafah crossing in Gaza, adding “we need a corridor to provide medical services.” WHO

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:26
• Production Date: 12 October 2023
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: TEDROS GHEBREYESUS
• Corporate Name: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: HEALTH; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: GAZA
• MAMS Id: 3112401
• Parent Id: 3112401
• Alternate Title: unifeed231012g

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STORY: WHO / GAZA TEDROS REAX
TRT: 01:26
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 12 OCTOBER 2023, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE

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FILE – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

1. Wide shot, World Health Organization (WHO) flag

12 OCTOBER 2023, LYON, FRANCE

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“I'm really worried. My heart goes to all those who have lost their lives and their families both from Israel and Palestine. This is a very sad moment. But in this conflict still, I think those who need support should be supported. And those who need protection should be protected. I just came from Cairo actually yesterday, and I met President El-Sisi of Egypt and I asked him if he could help in transferring medical supplies through the Gaza crossing, the Rafah crossing to help the Palestinians in Gaza. Which he had agreed. And we need a corridor to provide medical services and so on. That is what I would ask for: One, is to protect civilians and second, to provide them with the support and second, to provide them with the support they need, be it food medical services, supplies and the other things they need.”

FILE – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

3. Wide shot, World Health Organization (WHO) flag

Storyline

Speaking to reporters today (12 Oct) in Lyon, WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said he asked president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt to help transferring medical supplies through the Rafah crossing in Gaza, adding “we need a corridor to provide medical services.”

He said, “I'm really worried. My heart goes to all those who have lost their lives and their families both from Israel and Palestine. This is a very sad moment.”

Tedros continued, “but in this conflict still, I think those who need support should be supported. And those who need protection should be protected. And those who need protection should be protected.”

He added, “I just came from Cairo actually yesterday, and I met President El-Sisi of Egypt and I asked him if he could help in transferring medical supplies through the Gaza crossing, the Rafah crossing to help the Palestinians in Gaza. Which he had agreed.”

Tedros concluded, “That is what I would ask for: One, is to protect civilians and second, to provide them with the support and second, to provide them with the support they need, be it food medical services, supplies and the other things they need.”