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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

Invasion of the Nasser Complex

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Occupation forces stormed the courtyard of the hospital after demolishing the southern wall, turning it into a military barracks, bulldozed its yards, fired at its medical departments, used dogs to terrorize displaced people and patients, and arrested a number of medical staff and displaced who fled the complex. 

Demolition of the northern wall of the Nasser Medical Complex

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Occupation forces demolished the northern wall of the Nasser Hospital compound, and notified the hospital administration to evacuate displaced persons, patients, and medical staff. The occupation forces also opened fire at anyone trying to leave and evacuate at the hospital's gate and targeted schools in the surrounding area, leading to a fire that spread to the medical equipment warehouse and burned it completely, as well as the medical supplies warehouse which was burned by 80%.

تشديد الحصار على مجمع ناصر

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شددت قوات الاحتلال من حصار المجمع واستهدف محيطه بشكل مباشر ومركز، إضافة إلى تعريض حياة الكادر الطبي والنازحين للخطر المباشر بفعل انتشار طائرات "الكواد كابتر" والقناصة واستهداف بوابة الطوارئ في المجمع، ونقص حاد في المستلزمات الطبية" أدوية التخدير والعمليات الجراحية وغيرها"

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: We cannot abandon the people of Gaza

NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME, 30 January 2024 – The allegations of involvement of several UNRWA staff in the heinous attacks on Israel on 7 October are horrifying. As the Secretary-General has said, any UN employee involved in acts of terror will be held accountable. 

However, we must not prevent an entire organization from delivering on its mandate to serve people in desperate need. 

Gaza: Israel must end its campaign of death and destruction

Jerusalem, Paris, Brussels, Barcelona, 28 May 2024 - As the United Nations Security Council meets today after Israel struck tent camps sheltering displaced people in designated “humanitarian zones” in southern Gaza, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls for an immediate end to the Rafah offensive and the ongoing atrocities across the Gaza Strip. Israel’s military strategy of repeatedly launching attacks in densely populated areas inevitably leads to the mass killing of civilians.

Establishment of a mass grave in the complex's courtyard

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The Ministry of Health announced that about 40 martyrs were buried in the compound's courtyard, citing the difficulty and delay in the arrival of the injured to the compound, in addition to the extreme difficulty in treating dozens of serious cases that exceeded the capacity of the operating rooms and intensive care units.

Resolution A/RES/ES-10/23 titled “Admission of new Members to the United Nations
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Key statistics - April, 10 2025

Health workforce targeted

  • Health Sector martyers
    1172
  • Martyred doctors
    115
  • Martyred nurses
    290
  • Health workers martyred in detention
    4
  • Health sector detainees
    181
  • Health sector freed detainees
    199
source
Institute for Palestine Studies

Hospital Functionality

  • Fully functional hospitals
    0
  • Partially functional hospitals
    22
  • Non-functioning hospitals
    14
source
Health Cluster

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
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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

Public Records

Dr. Abdullah Ghali Recounts Healthcare Under Siege During Gaza Mission Last Year
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Reported impact snapshot | Gaza Strip (25 March 2025)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Note to Correspondents: on Gaza