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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

Martyred while working

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First responder Suheil Hassouneh was martyred alongside his colleague Haytham Toubasi while they conducted their humanitarian work, in an occupation airstrike on a Palestine Red Crescent Society ambulance vehicle in Tell al-Sultan neighborhood in Rafah City.

Martyred while working

Submitted by Farah.s.miqdad on

First responder Haytham Toubasi was martyred alongside his colleague Suheil Hassouneh as they performed their humanitarian duties, in a strike on a Palestine Red Crescent Society ambulance vehicle in Tell al-Sultan neighborhood in the city of Rafah.

Hamdan's martyrdom

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Dr. Hassan Hamdan was martyred, along with twelve members of his family, following a direct attack on his home in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

#Heartheirvoices: Lasting Trauma: Drawings from Three Palestine Refugee Siblings in Gaza

The war in Gaza has already over 31,000 Palestinian lives. Children make up more than 13,000 of the dead. Almost 74,000 people have been injured, including thousands of children. 

Beyond the death and the physical injuries, the war is also taking an undeterminably high toll on the mental health of all inhabitants of the Gaza Strip. 

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)