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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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Resumption of work in some departments
لإhe WHO reported that it was cooperating with the staff of the Nasser hospital on the first phase of the rehabilitation of the compound. The emergency department, nine operating rooms, the intensive care unit, the maternity ward, the neonatal intensive care unit, and the outpatient department were reopened.
Palestinian Civil Defense announces the discovery of mass graves
After searching for mass graves for seven days, the Palestinian Civil Defense held a press conference announcing the discovery of new mass graves dug by the occupation forces. It also documented the excavation of mass graves that residents were forced to dig inside of the hospital compound before it was stormed during the siege. At the conference, it was announced that 392 bodies had been recovered, 165 of which were identified, and the remaining 227 bodies could not be identified because they had been mutilated by the occupation soldiers.
Invasion of occupation vehicles once again in the vicinity of Nasser Medical Complex
Occupation vehicles again made an incursion into the vicinity of hospital, as heavy shelling continued.
Targeting of outpatient clinics section
Occupation forces targeted the hospital with artillery, leading to a fire breaking out at the outpatient department.
Occupation forces announce the end of the military operation at Nasser Medical Complex
Occupation forces announced the end of the military operation at the Nasser Hospital. It was reported that the bodies of about five martyrs were recovered near the compound.
Shelling of facilities inside Nasser Medical Complex
Occupation forces forced thousands of displaced people and patients to leave the hospital at gunpoint and under heavy fire. About 190 staff members and 299 of their family members remained inside the compound, in addition to 273 immobile patients and 327 of their companions. Occupation forces also shelled the third floor of the hospital, injuring a doctor and shelled the orthopedic department, resulting in the martyrdom of a patient and several injuries. Additionally, the occupation forces prevented two missions from arriving, and the WHO lost contact with the staff at the hospital.
Occupation forces blocked the access to Nasser Medical Complex
Occupation forces intensified the shelling in the vicinity of the hospital and increased the frequency of shooting, while occupation vehicles blocked the road leading to the hospital.
Qoush's martyrdom
Husam Qoush was martyred, along with his brother, engineer Ayman Qoush, as a result of their house being directly targeted and collapsing on top of its residents.