The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday accused Israel of obstructing ambulances tasked with evacuating seriously ill patients out of especially hazardous parts of Gaza. Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative for the occupied territories, said that the WHO and partners such as the Red Crescent on three occasions tried to reach three hospitals in the north of the Gaza Strip with ambulance convoys. At the request of the local health authorities, people were to be transferred to other locations because Israeli authorities had ordered them to leave the area with the hospitals. The convoys were h…