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The platform "Documenting the Targeting and Destruction of the Health Sector in the Gaza Strip" presents accurate and detailed information about the Israeli assault on health during the genocidal war. This includes data on the attacks on healthcare facilities and health workers who have been killed, abducted, tortured, and maimed by Israeli forces during the genocide, and relevant statements by international organizations and healthcare institutions. These are complemented by original analysis by researchers and authors covering a range of issues in the targeting of the health sector, through which Israeli occupation forces have created a "war biosphere". Read more

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Doctor

Adnan Ahmad Atieh al-Bursh (September 17, 1974 – April 19, 2024): Palestinian orthopedic surgeon, head of the orthopedics department at al-Shifa Medical Complex, and head of the medical unit at the Palestinian Footbal Association.

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Introduction

This Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) Flash Appeal calls for US$2.822 billion for UN Agencies, INGO, and NGO partners to address the most urgent needs of more than three million people in the Gaza Strip (Gaza) and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, covering a 9-month period from April through December 2024.

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Similar to water, electricity, and food supply chains, the healthcare system, with its staff, clinics, hospitals, ambulances, and other facilities, is an essential part of the life-sustaining infrastructures of every society. It is hard to imagine a reality where the sick and injured have nowhere to receive treatment. In times of war and armed conflict, with the presence of traumatic war injuries and the interruption of daily medical practice, the healthcare system takes on an even more crucial role in saving lives and minimizing the harm of war on civilians.

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