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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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US Senate Confirms Staunch Pro-Israel Conservative Huckabee as Israel Ambassador

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, arrives to testify during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images/AFP)
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, arrives to testify during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images/AFP)
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US Senate Confirms Staunch Pro-Israel Conservative Huckabee as Israel Ambassador

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, arrives to testify during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images/AFP)
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, arrives to testify during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images/AFP)

The US Senate on Wednesday backed former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee to be ambassador to Israel, installing a staunch pro-Israel conservative in the high-profile post amid war in Gaza and relations complicated by US tariffs.

The Senate backed Huckabee by 53 to 46, largely along party lines, with Republicans all backing President Donald Trump's nominee and every Democrat except Pennsylvania's John Fetterman voting against him.

An evangelical Christian, Huckabee has been a vocal supporter of Israel throughout his political career and a longtime defender of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Critics said the former Republican presidential candidate was too partisan to represent the United States given the sensitivity of negotiations to end the war in Gaza and avoid broader regional war.

But Huckabee's supporters said he knew Israel well, having visited more than 100 times, and was well positioned to work closely with Trump.

"We urgently need a qualified ambassador in the region, and I have no doubt Mike Huckabee is that person," Republican Senator Jim Risch of Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said as he urged support for the nominee.