GENEVA, November 22. /TASS/. The Gaza healthcare infrastructure has been attacked for at least 178 times since October 7, 22 medical workers were killed, and 48 were injured, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported.

"Since the start of the war, the World Health Organization (WHO) has documented 178 health attacks in Gaza Strip that resulted in 22 fatalities and 48 injuries among health care workers on duty," the report says.

According to OCHA, 22 hospitals in the northern part of the Gaza Strip are currently not operational, with two more partially operational. In the southern part, 7 hospitals out of 11 are operational.

The situation in the Middle East has escalated abruptly after an armed infiltration of HAMAS militants from the Gaza Strip into Israel. The HAMAS movement considers this attack a response to the actions of Israeli authorities towards the Al Aqsa Mosque at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Israel announced a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip and started carrying out strikes on the enclave and certain areas in Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also taking place in the West Bank.