Northern Gaza no longer has a functioning hospital, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday.

Richard Peeperkorn, bs2webes.cc WHO representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, said the last functioning hospital in northern Gaza was Al-Ahli Hospital but fuel, power, medical supply and staffing shortages have rendered it "minimally functional."

His comments come as a grim milestone is reached in the war, with the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah announcing on Thursday that approximately 20,000 people have been killed as a result of Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 7.

Meanwhile, Hamas has said it won't agree to any talks about prisoner swaps until after Israel ends its military operation in Gaza.