“WHO has verified 13 attacks on health care in Iran and one in Lebanon,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference, without attributing blame or giving details.
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Dr Hanan Balkhy added at the same briefing that four ambulances in Iran were also affected and that hospitals and other health sites suffered minor damage due to strikes nearby, citing Iranian authorities.
One of these hospitals in the capital Tehran was evacuated as a result, the UN health agency previously said.
Iran’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva has alleged that 10 facilities have been hit by military strikes in a letter to Tedros earlier this week.
Balkhy says that the WHO logistics hub in Dubai which provides health supplies to dozens of countries is temporarily out of service because of transport restrictions in the region.
Earlier, Israel’s military said that it launched a “broad wave of strikes” on targets in Iran, after the Islamic republic fired rounds of missile barrages at Israeli territory.
The military said the targets of its latest strikes include Iranian “launch sites, air defence systems and additional infrastructure”.
Air raid sirens rang out across multiple parts of Israel overnight as the military worked to intercept incoming Iranian fire.
There were no immediate reports of significant impact, although police said munitions fell in the Tel Aviv area, where one woman suffered mild shrapnel injuries.
Meanwhile the Israeli military called on people to leave 16 towns and villages in southern Lebanon in an “urgent warning” before using force against Hezbollah targets.