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WHO announces release of staff member detained by IDF in Gaza last month
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe World Health Organization says a staff member was released more than four weeks after being detained in Gaza by Israeli forces.
“Extremely relieved that our colleague, detained since 21 July in Gaza, was released this morning,” agency Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says in a post on X. He reiterates a call for protection of all WHO staff and personnel, and health and humanitarian workers.
In July, the United Nations agency said the Israeli military had attacked its staff residence and main warehouse in the Gazan city of Deir al-Balah.
The IDF confirmed that troops entered a building used to house World Health Organization personnel, and said they detained several staff members suspected of terror.
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