‘No miscalculation’: WHO chief says US Israel committing war crimes by attacking hospitals, schools

World Health Organization (WHO) director general has denounced the US-Israeli bombings of hospitals and schools as “war crimes” that cannot be justified as “miscalculations.”

In a post published on X on Sunday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote: “Bombing a hospital or a school is not a ‘miscalculation’.”

“Killing a paramedic is not ‘collateral damage.’ Starving civilian is not ‘negotiating tactic.’ These are war crimes. Call it what it is. Full stop,” he added.

The US and Israeli armed forces began their latest military aggression against Iran on February 28 by attacking 30 targets across Tehran, killing several senior Iranian officials, including the Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei.

Since then, Iranian armed forces have decisively retaliated against the strikes by launching barrages of missiles and drones against Israeli-occupied territories as well as on US bases in region.

During their aggression against Iran, the Israeli regime and the US have bombed several schools and hospitals as well as other civilian infrastructure.

In one instance, the US military bombed a school in Minab, Hormozgan Province, killing 168 schoolgirls.
According to the latest figures announced by Iranian health authorities more than 1,300 people have been martyred and over 10,000 wounded in the attacks.

Among those killed are 200 children under the age of 12, including 11 children under five, as well as more than 200 women.

The casualties also include 206 students and teachers, highlighting the heavy toll on the education sector.
Health Ministry data on the injured show that women make up 17 percent of the total wounded.

At least 1,040 of the injured are under the age of 18, including 65 children younger than five.

Damage assessments by the Iranian Red Crescent show widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure.

A total of 19,734 civilian and residential units have been damaged, including 16,191 residential homes. 
The attacks have also damaged 77 medical centers and pharmacies, 65 schools and educational centers, and 16 Red Crescent facilities.

Israel has also killed more than 72,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, in its two-year war on Gaza, where more than 90 percent of homes are estimated to have been damaged or destroyed and healthcare, water, sanitation, and hygiene systems have largely collapsed.

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