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Al-Khair Hospital
Facility Type
Maternity Hospital
Ownership type
NGO
Governorates / District
Khan Yunis
Address
Al-Mawasi – Al-Bahr Street - behind the Sharia Court
Founding Year
2020
Facility director
Ahmed Abu Ghosh
Beds Capacity
24
List of medical specialties and services
Reception and emergency
Dentistry
Outpatient clinics
Major and minor surgery
Endoscopy
Physiotherapy
Equipment and facilities
Radiology
Birth centre
Laboratory services
Pharmacy
Ultrasound scan
Description (About the Facility)

Al-Khair Hospital was established in 2020, specializing in obstetrics, gynecology, and pediatrics. It is managed by Al-Sahaba Medical Complex as one of its branches in the Khan Younis governorate in the southern Gaza Strip[1]. 

Funding Details
The hospital is one of the projects of Al-Khair Foundation - London, which donated $1.1 million for its establishment. Additionally, a Palestinian businessman donated $1.25 million[2].
Effect of siege (2007 - 2023)

During the coronavirus pandemic, the Nasser Medical Complex and Al-Khair Hospital announced a merger agreement between the two parties, in which Al-Khair Hospital took on the eye surgery department and specialized and general internal medicine clinics[3].

narrative during this war

On January 22, 2024: Occupation forces stormed Al-Khair Hospital and detained the medical staff inside after isolating and surrounding the hospital[4], cutting off the road to the Nasser Medical Complex and Al-Amal Hospital[5].

On February 10, 2024: The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor announced that occupation forces had stormed the hospital again[6].

On February 27, 2024: Local media outlets reported that occupation snipers were present in the vicinity of Al-Khair Hospital[7].

The main targeting and assaults During the genocide

Invasion of Al-Khair Hospital

Occupation forces stormed Al-Khair Hospital and detained the medical staff inside after isolating and surrounding the hospital, cutting off the road to the Nasser Medical Complex and Al-Amal Hospital.

Sources
  1. Dunya Al Watan Online Newspaper,  News release.
  2. Al Khair Foundation, Website.
  3. Palestinian Press Agency (Safa), News release.
  4. Arabi21 Online Newspaper, News release.
  5. Activist Hamza Al-Masry, Telegram.
  6. Journalist Youssef Fares, quoted from The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, Telegram.
  7. Activist Hamza al-Masri, Telegram.
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