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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

Afnan Ibrahim Hamed Al-Astal
Occupation
Pharmacist

Key events

She was martyred along with members of her family.

Dr. Afnan Al-Astal, a pharmacist, was martyred along with her father, Professor Ibrahim Hamed Al-Astal, Dean of the College of Education at the Islamic University - Southern Branch, and her mother, Nadia Yassin Al-Astal, as a result of the bombing of their home in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.

Nida Hayel Bassem Al-Dahshan
Occupation
Pharmacist

Key events

She was martyred along with her parents.

Dr. Nida Al-Dahshan, a pharmacist, was martyred along with her father, Haiel Al-Dahshan, and her mother, Hiba Al-Dahshan (Al-Khodari), due to a direct strike on their home in Gaza City. Nida had returned home after multiple instances of displacement and perseverance in northern Gaza to gather some of the family's necessities.

Azeez Mohammed Fakhri Mahdi Al-Farra
Occupation
Pharmacist

Workplace

Private sector

Key events

He was martyred along with his entire family.

Dr. Aziz Al-Farra, a pharmacist, was martyred as a result of a direct strike on his family’s home in the center of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.

Ahmad Amer Mohammed Al-Jarjawi
Occupation
Pharmacist

Key events

Martyred while he's on duty.

Ahmed Al-Jarjawi was martyred after the occupation forces targeted his Family Pharmacy in Gaza City while he was working inside.

Bilal Fuad Abdelkhaleq Al-Farra
Occupation
Pharmacist

Key events

Martyred in a strike on his residence

Dr. Bilal al-Farra was martyred as a result of a strike on a house in Qarara neighborhood in Western Khan Yunis. He was missing for a few days before his scattered remains were found.

Bassam Mohammed Omar Shaheen
Occupation
Nurse

Workplace

Palestinian Ministry of Health

Key events

Targeting his home and his martyrdom.

After surviving two direct strikes where he was staying with his family in Muhandiseen and Salhi towers in Gaza City, during which he sustained moderate injuries, Dr. Bassam was martyred alongside his family in a strike on the third place they had been displaced to.

Yehia Abdeljawad Jouda
Occupation
Nurse

Dr. Yehia Jouda earned a Doctorate in management, health planning and behavioral sciences from the High Institute of Public Health at Alexandria University, Egypt, before studying optometry at the Islamic University. He worked in this field after earning many other professional diplomas after his graduation from the faculty of nursing.

Key events

Targeting his home and his martyrdom.

Dr. Yehia Jouda was martyred alongside his children, Majd, Mouaz, Yehia, and Mayar as a result of a direct strike on their home. The only survivor was his eldest son Mohammed.

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Martyred Health Workers
Abducted Health Workers

Public Records

Palestinian Ministry of Health (Gaza Strip)
condemns the repeated attacks by the occupation forces on Kamal Adwan Hospital
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel - reported impact | Day 48
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #48
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