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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

Usama Sufian Abdelrahman Othman Tayeh
Occupation
Doctor

The eldest son of professor Sufian Abdelrahman Tayeh, the president of the Islamic University in Gaza. Dr. Usama had been at the beginning of his medical career, having recently graduated from medical school in Sudan. He went back to the Gaza Strip to continue his life close to his family and had got married a few months prior to the start of the genocidal war on the Strip.

Key events

Bombing of his home and his martyrdom alongside his family

He was martyred alongside his father and other members of his family as a result of a strike on their home in Falouja neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip. The bodies of the family were pulled from under the rubble on May 4, 2024, around five months after they were martyred.

Mohammed Yahya Ahmad Suleiman Adwan
Occupation
Doctor

Dr. Mohammed Adwan was the first to introduce endoscopy to the Gaza Strip. He worked for over 40 years in medicine and was working until the last day of his life. He was a father to two martyrs and was a heart disease patient.

Workplace

Palestinian Ministry of Health

Key events

Sniper bullet to the head

Dr. Mohammed suffered from a chronic heart disease but was forced to evacuate on foot towards the south. He was martyred as a result of a sniper bullet to his head by an occupation soldier. His children carried his body on foot along the painful path for over 20 kilometers to the south of the Strip.

Ahmad Hassan
Occupation
Doctor
Ahmad al-Sahar
Occupation
Doctor

Workplace

Al Awda Hospital

Al Awda Hospital

Key events

Martyred while working

Dr. Ahmad's life ended as he was working when the occupation airforce struck the third and fourth floors of al-Awda hospital and he was martyred alongside his colleagues Dr. Ziad al-Tatari and Dr. Mahmoud Abu Nujaila. Other members of the medical team sustained severe injuries, including Doctors Without Borders staff. His passing weighed heavily on those who knew him and were touched by his humanity in his work. The Qatari minister for intenrational cooperation Lolwah Al-Khater mourned him saying: "You spoke to me of your dreams, your passion for medicine, and that the violence of the Israeli occupation will only strengthen your resolve."

Mahmoud Mansour Abdel-Raouf Abu Nujaila
Occupation
Doctor

Workplace

Al Awda Hospital

Al Awda Hospital

Key events

Martyred while working

He was martyred alongside Dr. Ziad al-Tatari and Dr. Ahmad al-Sahar as a result of a direct airstrike targeting the third and fourth floors of al-Awda hospital where they were working as part of a Doctors Without Borders team.

Ziad Fathi Khalil al-Tatari
Occupation
Doctor

Workplace

Al Awda Hospital

Al Awda Hospital

Key events

Martyred while working

Dr. Ziad was martyred alongside Dr. Mahmoud Abu Nujeila and Dr. Ahmad al-Sahar as a result of a direct strike on the third and fourth floors of al-Awda hospitals while they were working as part of a Doctors Without Borders team.

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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

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
The Secretary-General – remarks to the press on Gaza
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Humanitarian Situation Update #278 | Gaza Strip
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Reported impact snapshot | Gaza Strip (8 April 2025)