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Gaza health system 'completely obliterated': UN expert

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A file picture of the 13th century Barquq Castle in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, on July 18, 2021. [AFP]

Israel's war in Gaza has from the start been a "war on the right to health" and has "obliterated" the Palestinian territory's health system, a UN expert said on Monday.

Tlaleng Mofokeng, the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to health, accused Israel of treating human rights as an "a la carte menu".

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