Dr Mike Ryan: Ceasefire would be 'best medicine for the children of Gaza' 

Premature babies at Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital relocated amid ongoing Israeli attacks. Picture: Reuters/Anadolu

A ceasefire would represent “the best medicine for the children of Gaza”, Dr Mike Ryan has said.

Speaking on Monday, the World Health Organization's (WHO) executive director of Health Emergencies Programme described what had been unfolding at Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital as a “tragedy”.