Nearly 50% of attacks on health care in Lebanon proved fatal, 'higher' than any active conflict: WHO Related news
Dariana Florescu
GENEVA The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said that nearly half of the attacks on health care in Lebanon have proven fatal, adding the percentage is "higher" than in any active conflict today worldwide. Between Oct. 7, 2023 and Nov. 21, 2024, 47% of attacks on health care – 65 out of 137 – have proven fatal to at least one health worker or patient, WHO representative in Lebanon Abdinasir Abubakar told a UN briefing in Geneva. "This is a higher percentage than in any conflict today
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