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Partially functional
Al-Awda Hospital - Nussairat
Facility Type
General Hospital
Ownership type
NGO (
NGO ( Health work committees )
)
Governorates / District
Deir al Balah
Address
Nuseirat Camp – Middle Area - Nusairat - Near Al Farouq Mosque
Founding Year
2022
Beds Capacity
33
Number of workers
141
List of medical specialties and services
Obstetrics and gynaecology
General surgery
Emergency medicine
Endoscopy
Description (About the Facility)

Al-Awda Hospital - Nuseirat is a non-governmental civil hospital, located in Nuseirat refugee camp in al-Wusta governorate. It was originally established as a primary health care center in 1989 and later developed into a hospital in 2022. The hospital has a medical staff of around 141, including 60 doctors and medical specialists[1].

The hospital is managed by Al-Awda Health and Community Association (formerly the Union of Health Work Committees), which seeks to achieve community health empowerment and promote the concept of comprehensive health through primary health care programs, secondary and tertiary health care programs, and protection of women and children. Al-Awda Health and Community Association is a Palestinian non-governmental organization that aims to improve the health situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Founded on the initiative of volunteers working in the health sector in 1985, the Union of Health Work Committees worked in the context of the First Intifada, and their work continued to be politicized through the provision of relief and emergency services. These committees were established as part of the mass frameworks that strengthened Palestinian steadfastness and resistance to the occupation, before the arrival of the Palestinian Authority in the late 1990s. Since then, Al-Awda Association has moved towards more professional health work without losing its status as a mass organization[2][3].
 

Funding Details
Al-Awda Hospital - Nuseirat was built as part of a collaboration between the Al-Awda Health and Community Association and the Palestinian Welfare Association. The hospital was equipped with a solar energy system with funding from the Arab Fund and the Big Heart[1] .
In December 2022, the management of the hospital decided to allocate an additional budget for the construction of an additional five-story building, and continues to seek for new funding to expand the building.
Within the framework of joint cooperation and institutional networking, a joint cooperation agreement was signed between the Water Authority and Al-Awda Health and Community Association. In January 2023, the former Water and Environmental Quality Authority mobilized funds for a desalination plant for the hospital[4] .
Effect of siege (2007 - 2023)

In January 2023: The occupation prevented the entry of special equipment to Al-Awda Hospital - Nuseirat and has, since October 2021, prevented the entry of an integrated medical gas system to the hospital, which is an integrated medical air system that includes a pump, dryer, tank, filters and regulators, and serves the operating rooms and intensive care. The occupation also prevented the entry of an integrated suction system that includes a pump, tank, filters, and a filtration device and the removal of surgical endoscopy equipment, pneumatic tweezers used to stabilize fractures, spent radiology tubes, and calibration equipment for medical imaging equipment for maintenance. The occupation also prevents the repair of many medical devices, such as MRI machines, CT scanners, and radiology[5].

narrative during this war

On November 23, 2023: Occupation forces bombed the vicinity of Al-Awda Hospital - Nuseirat[6].

On December 1, 2023: Occupation forces bombed the hospital directly[7].

On December 2, 2023: The hospital announces that it had run out of fuel to run generators and ambulances, putting it at risk of complete closure if additional fuel was not provided[8].

On December 25, 2023: Occupation forces heavily bombed the vicinity of the hospital[9].

On March 19, 2024: Occupation forces bomb a house in the vicinity of the hospital[10].

On April 22, 2024: Occupation forces targeted with artillery the solar panels in the administrative building of the hospital[11].

On June 8,2024: Israeli special forces, disguised in Palestinian resistance uniforms, surround the vicinity of Al-Awda Hospital - Nusseirat and the adjacent market. The special forces, with air cover, encircle a building near the hospital. The hospital fills rapidly with a large number of martyrs and casualties amid intense aerial and ground fire targeting various areas in the Central Governorate[12][13].The Government Media Office in Gaza announces that the number of martyrs from occupation massacres in Nusseirat Camp reaches 210, with more than 400 injured individuals arriving at Al-Awda Nusseirat and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospitals[14], including 116 martyrs and 285 wounded at Al-Awda Hospital[15].

On June 19, 2024: Local media outlets reported warnings of quadcopter flights in the vicinity of the hospital[16].

On July 27, 2024: The Al-Awda Health and Community Association, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, organized a blood donation campaign at Al-Awda Nuseirat Hospital[17]. 

On August 19, 2024: Al-Awda Health and Community Association implemented a project to train its staff to provide protection and psychosocial support services to women and children at Al-Awda Nuseirat Hospital, funded by the UN’s oPt Humanitarian Fund[18].

On September 1, 2024: Medical staff began implementing a polio vaccination campaign at Al-Awda Nuseirat Hospital[19]. 

The main targeting and assaults During the genocide

Targeting the vicinity of Al-Awda Hospital – Nusseirat

Occupation forces heavily bombed the vicinity of the hospital.

Bombing of Al-Awda Hospital - Nusseirat

Occupation forces bombed the hospital directly.

And on December 2, 2023,the hospital announces that it had run out of fuel to run generators and ambulances, putting it at risk of complete closure if additional fuel was not provided.

Bombing the vicinity of Al-Awda Hospital - Nuseirat

Occupation forces bombed the vicinity of Al-Awda Hospital - Nuseirat.

 

Targeting the administrative building at Al-Awda Hospital - Nusseirat

Occupation forces targeted with artillery the solar panels in the administrative building of the hospital.

Invasion of vicinity of Al-Awda Hospital - Nusseirat by Israeli special forces

Israeli special forces, disguised in Palestinian resistance uniforms, surround the vicinity of Al-Awda Hospital - Nusseirat and the adjacent market. The special forces, with air cover, encircle a building near the hospital. The hospital fills rapidly with a large number of martyrs and casualties amid intense aerial and ground fire targeting various areas in the Central Governorate.

The Government Media Office in Gaza announces that the number of martyrs from occupation massacres in Nusseirat Camp reaches 210, with more than 400 injured individuals arriving at Al-Awda Nusseirat and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospitals, including 116 martyrs and 285 wounded at Al-Awda Hospital.

Sources
  1. Palestinian NGO Portal, News release. 
  2. Al Awda Organization, Facebook.
  3. Health Work Committees, Web Archive.
  4. Palestinian NGO Portal, News release.
  5. Palestinian NGO Portal, News release.
  6. AlKofiya TV, News release.
  7. Nabd website, quoted from Amad for Journalism Portal, News release.
  8. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Report.
  9. Masrawy News Portal, News release.
  10. Activist Hamza Al-Masry, Telegram.
  11. Al Jazeera Media Network, News release.
  12. Al Jazeera Media Network, News release. 
  13. Russia Today Channel, News Release. 
  14. Al Jazeera Media Network, News release. 
  15. Al-Ghad Channel, News release. 
  16. Activist Hamza Al-Masry, Telegram.
  17. Al-Awda Health and Community Association, Facebook.
  18. Al-Awda Health and Community Association, Facebook.
  19. Al-Awda Health and Community Association, Facebook.
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