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
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.
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.
Press Statement Issued by the Ministry of Health in Gaza
Healthcare services in hospitals are being provided based on limited stocks of medications and medical supplies.
The ongoing shortage of medications hinders medical teams from carrying out emergency interventions for the wounded.
Hundreds of patients and wounded individuals are deprived of essential medications, and their suffering is worsening due to the closure of border crossings.
Al-Bursh was martyred in Ofer Prison on April 19, 2024 after being subjected to severe torture, killing him. His body is still being held.
Al-Shifa Hospital Complex is one of the largest health institutions in the Gaza Strip.
Located in the city of Dayr al-Balah, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital is a major government hospital in al-Wusta governorate in the Gaza Strip.
Opened in 2000, the European Gaza Hospital is located in al-Fukhari in the Khan Younis governorate.
Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital was opened in 1882 in al-Zaytun neighborhood south of Gaza City near the St. Philip the Evangelist Church, by English missionaries, led by Rev. Elliott.
The Nasser Medical Complex is the second largest hospital in the Gaza Strip after Al-Shifa, with 1,227 medical staff.
Al-Bursh was killed while imprisoned at the Ofer Prison on April 19, 2024. He was subjected to severe torture and his body remains held by Israel.
The Israeli Airforce struck the house of Dr. Omar Farwanah, which was located in Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood in south-west Gaza. Dr. Omar was martyred alongside his daughter, Dr.
His house was targeted upon his return to visit his family after seven consecutive days of work in al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Dr.
He was martyred alongside his father, father-in-law and brother-in-law as a result of a strike of his in-laws' house, where he, his two children and his pregnant wife had fled.
She was martyred alongside her daughter and other members of her family as a result of an airstrike targeting her home in Bureij Camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip.
After he and his mother, Dr. of education and mathematics teacher Dr. Yusra Abdelaziz Maqadmeh, were unreachable for two weeks after the second raid on al-Shifa Medical Complex, the bodies of Dr.
The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz announced that Dr. Iyad al-Rantisi had died in an interrogation center in the city of Askalan, six days after his abduction.
Dr. Midhat Mhaisen was martyred as a result of a strike targeting the hospital, which injured several other doctors.
Occupation forces arrested Dr. Abu Safiya after evacuating Kamal Adwan Hospital, forcing him to walk amid the rubble of the destroyed hospital towards an occupation tank.
Dr. Mohammed Obeid worked at Kamal Adwan Hospital during the final siege on it in Autumn 2024 until it was evacuated completely.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Margaret al-Ra'ee and her husband from their home in Qalqilya.
اعتقلت قوات الاحتلال مدير دائرة العلاج الطبيعي في وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية، أيمن الحلبي أثناء اقتحامها مجمع الشفاء الطبي للمرة الثانية برفقة عدد كبير من الطواقم الطبية.
Dr. Murad al-Quqa was arrested alongside several other health workers, during "al-Shifa massacre", the second raid on the hospital, during which it was destroyed.
اعتقلت قوات الاحتلال الطبيب محمد حميد أبو موسى من داخل مجمع ناصر الطبي عقب اقتحامه، إضافة إلى اعتقال عدد من الكوادر الطبية.
Occupation forces arrested Nahed Abu Ta'mieh alongside several other health workers in a raid in Nasser Medical Complex.
Occupation forces abducted Dr. Mos'ab Samaan alongside several other healthcare workers from inside Nasser Medical Complex
اعتقلت قوات الاحتلال المسعف تامر شاهين أثناء مروره على " الممر الإنساني" برفقة زميله المسعف حمدان أبو خاطر.
اعتقلت قوات الاحتلال ماهر عطا الله المدير الإداري لمستشفى الأمل في خانيونس، عقب استدعائه هو والدكتور حيدر القدرة المدير العام للمستشفى واقتيادهما إلى جهة غير معلومة.
