Here are six things to know:
1. The report found about two-thirds of the attacks on healthcare facilities, healthcare providers, patients and ambulances were intentional.
2. The Syrian Arab Republic saw the most attacks, with 228 during the period.
3. The West Bank and Gaza Strip endured 53 healthcare attacks and Iraq as well as Pakistan each saw 43 healthcare attacks.
4. As a consequence of the attacks, 959 people died.
5. Based on the report, state actors performed 53 percent of the healthcare attacks; non-state actors carried out 30 percent of the attacks; and unknown individuals performed 17 percent of the attacks.
6. Rick Brennan, WHO’s department of emergency management and humanitarian response director, said the report’s findings unveil intense violations of humanitarian law.
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