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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

Ameed Awni Fawzi Mushtaha
Occupation
Medical scientists
Rawan Ramzi Hamoudeh
Occupation
Nutritionist

Key events

Bombing of her home and her martyrdom with her family

Rawan Hammoudeh was martyred alongside her father Ramzi Hammoudeh, her mother, uncle, and his wife as a result of a strike on the Masri family home in Rafah.

Ameed Mohammed Sa'eed Saqallah (Khorshid)
Occupation
Optometrist

The brothers Omar, Sa'eed, and Ameed Khorshid (Saqallah) are optometrists who own the biggest optometry center in Gaza. The name of this family has become tied to this profession for decades and they are highly admired for their work, kindness and humility. There iw noone left from the Khorshid family to sustain the legacy of this optometry company, which has been known to everyone in Gaza for years.

Key events

The bombing of his house and his martyrdom along with his family members.

He was martyred along with his entire family, including his brothers, their wives, children, and grandchildren, after their family home in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza was bombed. The family had refused to evacuate and move south.

Mohammed Mohammed Sa'eed Saqallah (Khorshid)
Occupation
Optometrist

The brothers Omar, Sa'eed, and Ameed Khorshid (Saqallah) are optometrists who own the biggest optometry center in Gaza. The name of this family has become tied to this profession for decades and they are highly admired for their work, kindness and humility. There iw noone left from the Khorshid family to sustain the legacy of this optometry company, which has been known to everyone in Gaza for years.

Key events

The bombing of his house and his martyrdom along with his family members.

He was martyred along with his entire family, including his brothers, their wives, children, and grandchildren, after their family home in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza was bombed. The family had refused to evacuate and move south.

Sa'eed Mohammed Sa'eed Saqallah (Khorshid)
Occupation
Optometrist

The brothers Omar, Sa'eed, and Ameed Khorshid (Saqallah) are optometrists who own the biggest optometry center in Gaza. The name of this family has become tied to this profession for decades and they are highly admired for their work, kindness and humility. There is noone left from the Khorshid family to sustain the legacy of this optometry company, which has been known to everyone in Gaza for years.

Key events

The bombing of his house and his martyrdom along with his family members.

He was martyred alongside his entire family – his brothers and their wives, children, and granchildren, in an attack on the family home in Tell al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza, after teh family refused to evacuate the house and flee to the south.

Reem Abu Labada
Occupation
Physiotherapist

Key events

Martyred along with her family members.

She and all her family members were martyred in an airstrike on their home in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.

Ashraf Mohammed Salem Salameh Hammoudeh
Occupation
Administrator
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Key statistics – April, 20 2025
source
Palestinian Ministry of Health / Gaza

Health workforce targeted

  • Health Sector martyers
    1173
  • Martyred doctors
    115
  • Martyred nurses
    291
  • Health workers martyred in detention
    4
  • Health sector detainees
    181
  • Health sector freed detainees
    199
Note: Cumulative figures as confirmed from multiple sources until the stated date
source
Institute for Palestine Studies

Hospital Functionality

  • Fully functional hospitals
    0
  • Partially functional hospitals
    23
  • Non-functioning hospitals
    13
source
Health Cluster

Medicines and Equipments

  • Medical Disposables at Zero Stock
    59%
  • Essential Medicines at Zero Stock
    37%
  • Cancer Medicines at Zero Stock
    54%
  • Diabetes Patients with Unavailable Medicines
    80,000
  • Hypertension Patients with Unavailable Medicines
    110,000
source
Palestinian Ministry of Health / Gaza

Attacks on Health Care

  • Completely destroyed hospitals
    9
  • Partially destroyed hospitals
    25
  • Mass graves in hospitals
    7
  • Ambulances targeted
    115
source
Institute for Palestine Studies

Health Impact

  • Deaths due to famine
    52
  • Deaths due to extreme cold
    17
  • Cases of infectious diseases
    2136026
  • Patients needing evacuation abroad
    22000
  • Deaths while waiting to travel for medical treatment
    350
Note: Cumulative figures until the stated date, so each person may suffer from an infectious disease multiple times during the genocide
source
Palestinian Ministry of Health / Gaza
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Doctor, injured, prisoner, martyr: Adnan Ahmad Atieh al-Bursh

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.

Artwork by Butros Al Maari
Health Facilities
Martyred Health Workers
Abducted Health Workers

Public Records

UNRWA
UNRWA Situation Report #167 on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Reported impact snapshot | Gaza Strip (15 April 2025)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Humanitarian Situation Update #280 | Gaza Strip