The World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday that more than 10,000 attacks on healthcare facilities had been recorded since 2018 -- but nobody has ever been brought to justice.

These attacks, reported across 29 countries and territories, have resulted in approximately 5,700 deaths and 8,500 injuries, the WHO said.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus repeatedly states that healthcare should never be a target.

Altaf Musani, the director of the WHO’s humanitarian and disaster management unit, who presented the figures at a media briefing in Geneva, said accountability could take place not just at the national level.