Impact of health attacks in the Gaza Strip 7 Oct – 5 Dec 2023
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Killed by a "roof knocking" rocket
Killed by a "roof knocking" rocket as occupation forces attempted to force his family to evacuate their home following five days of siege in the Ansar roundabout neighborhood in Gaza City. He was killed despite multiple attempts by his family to contact the Red Cross to evacuate him as he crawled to try to find a safer place. He was martyred after bleeding to death due to several injuries. His body was found close to his house on January 23, 2024.
Impact of health attacks in the Gaza Strip 12 Feb
Bombardment of his house and his martyrdom alongside his family
His house was targeted upon his return to visit his family after seven consecutive days of work in al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Dr. Midhat was martyred alongside his entire family in their house in Tel al-Hawa neighborhood.
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 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.
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.
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The bombing of his house and his martyrdom along with his family members.
Martyred alongside his family members: his brothers and their wives, children and grandchildren, as a result of a strike on the family home at Tel al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza, after the family refused to evacuate and flee south.
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.
Deir al Balah - Salah al-Din Road
Located in the city of Dayr al-Balah, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital is a major government hospital in al-Wusta governorate in the Gaza Strip.
Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital
Gaza - Al-Saha area
Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital was opened in 1882 in al-Zaytun neighborhood south of Gaza City near the St. Philip the Evangelist Church, by English missionaries, led by Rev. Elliott.
Al Ahli Arab Hospital
Khan Yunis - Khan Yunis
The Nasser Medical Complex is the second largest hospital in the Gaza Strip after Al-Shifa, with 1,227 medical staff.
Nasser Medical Complex
Khan Yunis - Al-Fukhkhari
Opened in 2000, the European Gaza Hospital is located in al-Fukhari in the Khan Younis governorate.
Gaza European Hospital
Gaza - Northwestern Gaza
Al-Shifa Hospital Complex is one of the largest health institutions in the Gaza Strip.
Al-Shifa Medical Complex
Al-Bursh was killed while imprisoned at the Ofer Prison on April 19, 2024. He was subjected to severe torture and his body remains held by Israel.
Adnan al-Bursh
The Israeli Airforce struck the house of Dr. Omar Farwanah, which was located in Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood in south-west Gaza. Dr. Omar was martyred alongside his daughter, Dr.
Omar Saleh Omar Farwanah
His house was targeted upon his return to visit his family after seven consecutive days of work in al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Dr.
Midhat Mahmoud Khamees Saydam
He was martyred alongside his father, father-in-law and brother-in-law as a result of a strike of his in-laws' house, where he, his two children and his pregnant wife had fled.
Hammam Mahmoud Alloh
She was martyred alongside her daughter and other members of her family as a result of an airstrike targeting her home in Bureij Camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip.
Sereen Mohammed Yousef al-Attar
After he and his mother, Dr. of education and mathematics teacher Dr. Yusra Abdelaziz Maqadmeh, were unreachable for two weeks after the second raid on al-Shifa Medical Complex, the bodies of Dr.
Ahmad Sa'eed Ahmad al-Maqadmeh
The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz announced that Dr. Iyad al-Rantisi had died in an interrogation center in the city of Askalan, six days after his abduction.
Iyad Mohammed al-Rantisi
Dr. Midhat Mhaisen was martyred as a result of a strike targeting the hospital, which injured several other doctors.
Midhat Mhaisen
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.
Huthayfa Mahmoud Abu Atieh
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.
Huthayfa Mahmoud Abu Atieh
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.
Huthayfa Mahmoud Abu Atieh
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.
Huthayfa Mahmoud Abu Atieh
Dr. Hussam Joudeh was arrested as he attempted to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip through the "safe corridor".
Hussam Mohammed Ibrahim Joudeh
Dr. Hussam Joudeh was arrested as he attempted to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip through the "safe corridor".
Hussam Mohammed Ibrahim Joudeh
Dr. Hussam Joudeh was arrested as he attempted to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip through the "safe corridor".
Hussam Mohammed Ibrahim Joudeh
Dr. Hussam Joudeh was arrested as he attempted to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip through the "safe corridor".
Hussam Mohammed Ibrahim Joudeh
Occupation forces arrested Dr. Wadee' Qasem alongside 70 other health workers in a raid in Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Wadee' Fayez Qasem
Occupation forces arrested Dr. Wadee' Qasem alongside 70 other health workers in a raid in Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Wadee' Fayez Qasem
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Palestinian Ministry of Health (Gaza Strip)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
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