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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

Euro-Med Monitor sends UN rapporteurs, ICC Prosecutor primary report documenting dozens of field execution cases in Gaza

Geneva - In a primary report submitted to UN special rapporteurs and the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has documented dozens of cases of field executions carried out by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip. The human rights group requested an immediate investigation into these crimes, calling for the perpetrators to be held accountable, and for justice for all victims.


 


 

Shocking testimonies reveal the execution of dozens of elderly people by Israeli army in the Gaza Strip
Badr al-Zunein
Occupation
Doctor
Hiba al-Zunein
Occupation
Doctor
Mass Graves in Gaza: Evidence of Genocidal Violence

In April 2024, over seven months into Israel's genocidal onslaught on Gaza, Palestinian emergency workers in Gaza discovered several mass graves at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis and Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, drawing significant media attention.[1] The Civil Defence in Gaza reported that nearly 400 bodies of women, men, children, and the elderly were buried in these graves.

Samira al-Ghafari
Occupation
Doctor

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Martyrdom

Dr. Samira al-Ghafari was martyred alongside her husband Dr. Hani al-Haytham and their children Shereen, Tia, Sameer, Wafaa, and Sarah, as a result of an airstrike on a residential building.

Hani al-Haytham
Occupation
Doctor

Holds the Palestinian board in neurosurgery and specialist in accident and emergency medicine at al-Shifa hospital. Worked for two months during the genocide until the raid on al-Shifa hospital when he was forced to evacuate. In 2009, he was part of the team that carried out the first brain tumor removal in the Gaza Strip.

Workplace

Al-Shifa Medical Complex

Al-Shifa Medical Complex

Key events

Martyred alongside members of his family

Dr. Hani al-Haytham was martyred alongside his wife Dr. Samira al-Ghafari and their children Shireen, Tia, Sameer, Wafaa and Sara, as a result of an Israeli airstrike on a residential building. Dr. Haytham had managed to escape al-Shifa hospital without being abducted, only to be targeted in his home with his family.

Dina al-Durra
Occupation
Doctor
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Key statistics – April, 20 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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