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tedros adhanom ghebreyesus says 26 out of gaza's 36 hospitals are now closed due to damage from israeli strikes or because they have run out of fuel. >> israel's military incursion into al-shifa hospital in gaza city is totally unacceptable. hospitals are not battlegrounds. amy: israel's military has displayed images of weapons they claim work on inside the hospital but hamas has dismissed the photos as propaganda. on wednesday, videos were shown claiming hamas grab bags of rifles and grenades stashed inside the hospital. doctors have repeatedly denied such claims. president biden spoke to reporters from california wednesday evening after wrapping aipec summit in san francisco. pres. biden: you have a circumstance where the first war crimes being committed by hamas by having their headquarters, their military hidden under the hospital. that has happened. amy: president biden provided no evidence for the claim. his remarks came after a meeting with chinese president xi jinping at the summit. the pair emerged with several agreements, including one to re-establish military communications a

dr tedros adhanom ghebreyesus also recalled growing up during war in ethiopia, saying he understood whata must be going through. i understand what the children of gaza must be going through because as a child i went through the same thing. the same. the sound of gunfire and shells whittling through the air. the smell of smoke after an airstrike. air. the smell of smoke after an air strike. tracer bullets in the night sky, the fear, the pain, the loss. these things have stayed with me throughout my life. i know the smell, the image of war. i, i know what war means. when my mother heard gunfire at night she would make our sleep under the bed with more mattresses on top of one bed in the hope we might be protected if a shell fell in a house, a mother's instinct to save her kids. i also understand what the parents of gaza are going through because in 1998, when war returned to ethiopian, my country, my children had to hide in a bunkerfrom the children had to hide in a bunker from the bombardment. children had to hide in a bunkerfrom the bombardment. i experienced war both as a child and as a

is the latest update from the us. catastrophe" is imminent in gaza and its head tedros adhanom ghebreyesusd for a humanitarian pause in the israel—hamas war to help the thousands injured. he's been speaking at a press conference in geneva. let's hear some of what he had to say: we're running out of words to describe the horror unfolding in gaza. since hamas' horrific attacks on israel on the 7th of october more than 10,000 people have been killed, including more than 8,500 in gaza in 1,400 in israel. the situation on the ground in gaza is indescribable. hospitals crammed with the injured lying in corridors. morgues overflowing, doctors performing surgery without anesthesia. leo cans, head of doctors without borders' mission for palestine, jerusalem. thank you forjoining us. how are your colleagues describing to you? it was a nightmare, is how it was described. it is becoming worse and worse every day. we are operating on children without anastasia. ijust had a phone call with the surgeon who did a 20 centimetre wound that he had to stitch without anaesthesia on a 12—year—old girl. nothing

director-general tedros ghebreyesus will be connecting with us via our live zoom. please. >> thank you. thank you. ambassador thomas-greenfield, ambassador kao kim hourn, honorable members, dear colleagues and friends. i think secretary blinken and the united states for hosting this important and timely discussion. when i was first elected sector jellico people would ask me what we keep me awake at night. i answered without thinking, a pandemic -- pathogen. covid-19 was the realization of my greatest fear, but it was so much more than the health crisis. it demonstrated that -- everything is at risk. the pandemic have profound effects on societies, economies, businesses, schools, tourism, even geopolitics. no seer of life was untouched. the world was unprepared for this pandemic, and it remains unprepared. meanwhile, -- threat still are proliferating. [inaudible] provide ideal conditions for others. climate change is filling the spread of infectious diseases, complex and prolonged conflicts cause critical risk to global security and health. and while scientific adva

director-general tedros ghebreyesus will be connecting with us via our live zoom. please. >> thank you. thank you. ambassador thomas-greenfield, ambassador kao kim hourn, honorable members, dear colleagues and friends. i think secretary blinken and the united states for hosting this important and timely discussion. when i was first elected sector jellico people would ask me what we keep me awake at night. i answered without thinking, a pandemic -- pathogen. covid-19 was the realization of my greatest fear, but it was so much more than the health crisis. it demonstrated that -- everything is at risk. the pandemic have profound effects on societies, economies, businesses, schools, tourism, even geopolitics. no seer of life was untouched. the world was unprepared for this pandemic, and it remains unprepared. meanwhile, -- threat still are proliferating. [inaudible] provide ideal conditions for others. climate change is filling the spread of infectious diseases, complex and prolonged conflicts cause critical risk to global security and health. and while scientific adva