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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

Al-Awda Hospital - Nussairat
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The main targeting and assaults During the genocide

Targeting the vicinity of Al-Awda Hospital – Nusseirat

Occupation forces heavily bombed the vicinity of the hospital.

Bombing of Al-Awda Hospital - Nusseirat

Occupation forces bombed the hospital directly.

And on December 2, 2023,the hospital announces that it had run out of fuel to run generators and ambulances, putting it at risk of complete closure if additional fuel was not provided.

Bombing the vicinity of Al-Awda Hospital - Nuseirat

Occupation forces bombed the vicinity of Al-Awda Hospital - Nuseirat.

 

Targeting the administrative building at Al-Awda Hospital - Nusseirat

Occupation forces targeted with artillery the solar panels in the administrative building of the hospital.

Invasion of vicinity of Al-Awda Hospital - Nusseirat by Israeli special forces

Israeli special forces, disguised in Palestinian resistance uniforms, surround the vicinity of Al-Awda Hospital - Nusseirat and the adjacent market. The special forces, with air cover, encircle a building near the hospital. The hospital fills rapidly with a large number of martyrs and casualties amid intense aerial and ground fire targeting various areas in the Central Governorate.

The Government Media Office in Gaza announces that the number of martyrs from occupation massacres in Nusseirat Camp reaches 210, with more than 400 injured individuals arriving at Al-Awda Nusseirat and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospitals, including 116 martyrs and 285 wounded at Al-Awda Hospital.

Ibtihal Ibrahim Hamed al-Astal
Occupation
Doctor

Key events

Martyred alongside members of her family

She was martyred alongside her father Professor Ibrahim Hamed al-Astal, dean of the College of Education at the Islamic University – south campus, her sister Dr. Afnan al-Astal, and her mother Nadia Yassin al-Astal as a result of an airstrike on their home in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Al-Nasr Children's Hospital
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Address

The main targeting and assaults During the genocide

Israeli warplanes bomb the entrance of Al-Nasr Children's Hospital

Occupation forces reportedly bombed the entrance to the Al-Nasr Children's Hospital, killing two people and wounding many others.

Occupation forces besiege Al-Nasr Children's Hospital

Occupation forces besieged the hospital.

And on November 9, 2023: Ministry of Health spokesperson Dr. Ashraf Al-Qidra announced that occupation forces besieged and attacked the hospital, destroying medical equipment. The Ministry of Health also announced that all medical services at the hospital were suspended, and that the intensive care unit and the nursery only operated with a small generator. Ambulances were unable to reach the hospital to evacuate injuries resulting from the targeting and shelling of the hospital.

Death of premature infants

Occupation forces surrounded the hospital with tanks and forced the medical staff to evacuate the hospital, leaving premature babies in the incubators.

And on November 28, 2023 : The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor reported on the murder of premature babies by occupation soldiers. The bodies of the babies were found decomposing inside of Al-Nasr Hospital after the occupation forced all staff to evacuate the hospital, leaving the babies inside.

 

Complete destruction of Al-Nasr Hospital

Al Jazeera reported of the total destruction of hospital.

اقتحام مستشفى النصر

اقتحمت قوات الاحتلال مستشفى النصر وسط قصف مكثف.  

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Palestinian Ministry of Health (Gaza Strip)
condemns the repeated attacks by the occupation forces on Kamal Adwan Hospital
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel - reported impact | Day 48
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #48
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