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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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Death of 15 children at Kamal Adwan Hospital due to starvation
The UN Human Rights Council reported that 15 children died of starvation at the hospital, and that fears were growing that the numbers were even higher at other hospitals.
First responder Huthayfa Abu Atieh's arrest
He was arrested from the Jabalia ambulance station in the northern Gaza Strip during a raid by occupation forces on the center. His fate remains unknown until today.
The Detonation of the specialized facility of Al-Shifa Medical Complex
Shooting and violent explosions continued in the vicinity of Al-Shifa Hospital, as occupation forces blew up the specialized building, containing a the largest stock of medicines in Gaza.
The occupation forces also continued to detain displaced people, patients, and medical staff.
Incursion into Al-Shifa Medical Complex's Specialized Surgery Wing and Reception Department
The occupation forces stormed the specialized surgery building, and the reception department of the hospital.
The Gaza Media Office in Gaza stated that it received information about the execution by the occupation army of a number of children, civilians, patients and displaced persons inside of the hospital.
Al-Shifa Medical Complex besieged for the second time
UNOHA reported that Israeli forces launched an operation in the area of Al-Shifa Hospital and distributed leaflets ordering displaced people to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip before besieging and raiding the hospital.
Local media reported that occupation forces targeted the area with naval, aerial, and artillery shelling and heavy sniper and quadcopter fire. Tanks also advanced towards the compound and blocked the main gate to the hospital.
Bombing tents of displaced people
Occupation forces bombed tents of displaced people in the vicinity of the hospital, killing 11 people and wounding about 50 others
Evacuation of premature babies from al-Shifa Hospital
31 premature babies were evacuated to the Emirates Crescent Hospital following the targeting of al-Shifa Hospital, arranged and coordinated by the UN Mission and the World Health Organization (WHO), and then transferred to Egypt.
Sniper attack on a healthcare worker inside the hospital
Occupation snipers shot and martyred a hospital worker inside Al-Awda Hospital. There were reports of a state of terror and torture experienced by patients and medical staff trapped inside the hospital.