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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

Hammam Mahmoud Alloh
Occupation
Doctor

Gained first place in the Palestinian, Jordanian and Arab Board exams in nephrology. He was the only nephrologist in the Strip, working in al-Aqsa martyrs hospital and al-Shifa medical complex at the same time. In addition, he was a lecturer in the medical schools of both al-Azhar University and the Islamic University in the Gaza Strip.

Workplace

Key events

Bombing of his home and his martyrdom alongside his family

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. The house was bombed shortly after he arrived home after spending several consecutive days in al-Shifa hospital where he was working during the genocide, after refusing to evacuate from the north. He was one of few doctors who stayed in al-Shifa following the evacuate orders.

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Hammam Alloh - استشاري أمراض وزراعة الكلى وضغط الدم
Dr. Hammam Alloh insists on staying in hospital to provide services to his patients
- Democracy Now
Ra'ed Yousef Mahdi
Occupation
Doctor

Dr. Ra'ed was martyred alongside his entire family following a several-day siege on al-Mahdi materntiy hospital in Gaza City, after the hospital was struck with the doctors and their families inside.

Key events

Bombing of his workplace and his martyrdom

Dr. Basel Mahdi and Dr. Ra'ed Mahdi were martyred as a result of a strike on their maternity hospital in Gaza City, to which they had been displaced with their families. Both doctors had been working from the beginning of the war until the day they were martyred. Those who were besieged in the hospital, including the two doctors and their family, had been pleading to be evacuated for several days.

Basel Yousef Mahdi
Occupation
Doctor

"You and your arabness have failed us" – these were the last words of Dr. Basel Mahdi on a post on his Facebook profile hours before his martyrdom. These words came after pleas for days to evacuate him and his family after they were besieged in al-Mahdi maternity hospital before it was bombed and most people in it were killed, among them Dr. Basel and his entire family.

Workplace

Al-Shifa Medical Complex

Al-Shifa Medical Complex

Key events

Bombing his place of work and his martyrdom

Dr. Basel Mahdi and Dr. Ra'ed Mahdi were martyred as a result of a strike on their maternity hospital in Gaza City, to which they had fled with their families. Both doctors worked in the hospital from the beginning of the genocide until the day they were martyred. Those who were besieged in hospital plead to be evacuated for several days before they were martyred.

Abdallah Munther Mahmoud al-Budeiri
Occupation
Doctor

Workplace

Al-Shifa Medical Complex

Al-Shifa Medical Complex

Key events

Targeting of a car

Martyred alongside his brother Dr. Hashem, his brother's father-in-law, and two of his relatives as a result of a strike on the car they were in.

Maisara Azmi Ibrahim Al-Rayyes
Occupation
Doctor

Key events

Bombardment of his home and his martyrdom alongside his family

Dr. Maisara was martyred alongside his entire family as a result of a direct strike on the building they lived in. His siblings who survived the first strike were martyred when the building was struck a second time, as they searched for the bodies of their family under the rubble the next day.

Abdallah Adeeb Mohammed al-Helou
Occupation
Doctor

Dr. Abdallah al-Helou was at the start of his medical career when he was martyred; he had passed his licensing exam shortly before the war.

Key events

Martyred as a result of an airstrike in northern Gaza Strip

He was martyred alongside his parents, siblings Mohammed, Mahmoud, Malak and Lina and her children, and two of his aunts as a result of an airstrike in Jabalia in the north of the Strip. It is worth noting that their house was bombed in the initial days of the genocide but they insisted on staying steadfast in the north until their martyrdom.

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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)