WHO says has it has verified 13 health attacks in Iran

A plane takes off from the Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport as smoke from an earlier Israeli airstrike still rises in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Mar. 5, 2026.(AP)
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Updated 05 March 2026
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WHO says has it has verified 13 health attacks in Iran

  • “WHO has verified 13 attacks on health ⁠care in Iran and one in Lebanon,” Ghebreyesus said

GENEVA: The World Health Organization chief said on Thursday that it has verified 13 attacks on health infrastructure in Iran amid a US-Israeli campaign, killing ⁠four health care ⁠workers and injuring 25 others.
“WHO has verified 13 attacks on health ⁠care in Iran and one in Lebanon,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference. Another WHO official at the same briefing ⁠added ⁠that four ambulances were also affected and that hospitals and other health sites suffered minor damage due to strikes nearby.