The World Health Organization said on Friday that more than 10,000 attacks on healthcare had been recorded since 2018, but nobody had 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.

Altaf Musani, 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.

Health facilities and health systems more broadly are protected under international humanitarian and human rights law, including certain Geneva Conventions, he said.

However, "of the more than 10,000 verified incidents that I spoke of, not a single one has entered the accountability system".

This year alone, the UN health agency has recorded 914 attacks, resulting in 911 deaths and 1,486 injuries, Musani said.

Ukraine, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories account for the majority of incidents in 2026.