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WHO Says it Stands with Ukraine, Has Documented 200 Attacks on Health Facilities

Zinaida Baranchuk, 72, takes a pause as she stands amid the rubble of her house which was destroyed after Russian shelling, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Irpin, Ukraine May 6, 2022. Picture taken May 6, 2022. (Reuters)
Zinaida Baranchuk, 72, takes a pause as she stands amid the rubble of her house which was destroyed after Russian shelling, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Irpin, Ukraine May 6, 2022. Picture taken May 6, 2022. (Reuters)
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WHO Says it Stands with Ukraine, Has Documented 200 Attacks on Health Facilities

Zinaida Baranchuk, 72, takes a pause as she stands amid the rubble of her house which was destroyed after Russian shelling, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Irpin, Ukraine May 6, 2022. Picture taken May 6, 2022. (Reuters)
Zinaida Baranchuk, 72, takes a pause as she stands amid the rubble of her house which was destroyed after Russian shelling, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Irpin, Ukraine May 6, 2022. Picture taken May 6, 2022. (Reuters)

World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Ukrainians from Kyiv on Saturday that the WHO stood by them in their conflict with Russia, and urged Moscow to stop waging war on its neighbor.

"My message to all the people of Ukraine is this," he said, speaking from the government media center in the capital. "WHO stands by you."

WHO Emergencies Director Mike Ryan told the same news conference that the WHO had already documented 200 attacks on healthcare facilities in Ukraine, and would pass its findings on to those who could assess whether crimes had been committed.

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Iran Guards Chief Says Netanyahu ICC Warrant 'Political Death' of Israel

Revolutionary Guards chief General Hossein Salami - File/AFP
Revolutionary Guards chief General Hossein Salami - File/AFP
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Iran Guards Chief Says Netanyahu ICC Warrant 'Political Death' of Israel

Revolutionary Guards chief General Hossein Salami - File/AFP
Revolutionary Guards chief General Hossein Salami - File/AFP

The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Friday described the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a former defense minister as the “end and political death” of Israel, in a speech.
“This means the end and political death of the Zionist regime, a regime that today lives in absolute political isolation in the world and its officials can no longer travel to other countries,” Revolutionary Guards chief General Hossein Salami said in the speech aired on state TV.
In the first official reaction by Iran, Salami called the ICC warrant “a welcome move” and a “great victory for the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance movements,” both supported by the Islamic republic, AFP reported.
The court also issued a warrant for the arrest of Hamas’s military chief Mohammed Deif.
The warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant were issued in response to accusations of crimes against humanity and war crimes during Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, sparked by the Palestinian militant group’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
The ICC’s move theoretically limits the movement of Netanyahu, as any of the court’s 124 national members would be obliged to arrest him on their territory.
The court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan urged the body’s members to act on the warrants, and for non-members to work together in “upholding international law.”