WHO pleads for sick Gazans to be allowed to leave

The UN's health agency pleaded Friday for thousands of people in desperate need of medical care to be allowed to leave Gaza. The WHO's representative in the Palestinian territories, called for all crossings out of Gaza into Israel and Egypt to be opened up during the ceasefire -- not only for the entry of aid but for medical evacuations too.

He said only a fraction of Gaza's health system remained in service -- just 14 of 36 hospitals are even partially functional for a population topping two million.