WHO / GAZA AL-AWDA HOSPITAL

According to the World Health Organization, Al-Awda Hospital in North Gaza went out of service on 29 May after orders to evacuate. WHO

• Video Length: 00:01:35
• Production Date: 30 May 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic
• Corporate Name: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: HEALTH AID; HEALTH; PALESTINE; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES
• Geographic Subject: GAZA; PALESTINE
• MAMS Id: 3402691
• Parent Id: 3402691
• Alternate Title: unifeed250530e

Description

STORY: WHO / GAZA AL-AWDA HOSPITAL
TRT: 01:35
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 29 MAY 2025, AL-AWDA HOSPITAL, NORTH GAZA

Shotlist

1. Various shots, health workers gathering various items together into bags
2. Various shots, items on back of truck being handed to health workers
3. Various shots, wheelchairs, bags, suitcases, health workers sitting on stairs
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr. Marwan Huwaihi, Program Director, Al-Awda Health and Community Association:
“God willing, you will continue to work in the near future.”
5. UPSOUND (Arabic) Dr. Marwan Huwaihi, Program Director, Al-Awda Health and Community Association:
“Head out immediately. We'll be back.”
6. UPSOUND (Arabic) Staff:
“We’ll be back!”
7. Various shots, ambulance driving into shot, ambulance leaving hospital.

Storyline

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Al-Awda Hospital in North Gaza went out of service on 29 May after orders to evacuate.

Patients and health workers evacuated the same evening for fear of their safety.

With Al-Awda’s closure, there is no remaining functional hospital in North Gaza — severing a critical lifeline for the people there.

WHO pleads for the hospital's protection and staff and patients’ safety and reiterates its call for the active protection of civilians and health care.