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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

oPt Emergency Situation Update Issue 48
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Daily statistical report on the number of martyrs and wounded as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression for the 394th day on the Gaza Strip.

Ministry of Health in Gaza

Daily statistical report on the number of martyrs and wounded as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression for the 394th day on the Gaza Strip.

▪️ The Israeli occupation commits 4 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, of which 27 martyrs and 86 injuries arrived at hospitals during the past 24 hours.

▪️ A number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them.

condemns the repeated attacks by the occupation forces on Kamal Adwan Hospital

Palestinian Ministry of Health 
Urgent*
The Palestinian Ministry of Health condemns the repeated attacks by the occupation forces on Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, by targeting the third floor of the hospital a short while ago, which contains the remaining medicines and medical supplies, and caused great damage to it.
▪️The ministry also appeals to all international and UN bodies and organizations to protect hospitals and medical staff from the brutality of the occupation and its crimes against health institutions and staff in the Gaza Strip.

In light of the occupation's prevention of the implementation of the third phase of the national polio vaccination campaign in the northern Gaza Strip Governorate, and the obstacles it places in the Gaza Governorate as well

Palestinian Ministry of Health - Gaza

In light of the occupation's prevention of the implementation of the third phase of the national polio vaccination campaign in the northern Gaza Strip Governorate, and the obstacles it places in the Gaza Governorate as well.*

Attacks by the occupation forces on Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip

Palestinian Ministry of Health Gaza

The occupation forces forced the displaced males to take off their clothes and arrested some of them. The medical staff were gathered and detained in one room. A number of these staff were summoned, headed by the hospital director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, to where the occupation forces were located in the hospital yard. All of them are unaccounted for after communication with them was cut off.

Daily statistical report on the number of martyrs and wounded as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression for the 389th day on the Gaza Strip

Ministry of Health in Gaza||

Daily statistical report on the number of martyrs and wounded as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression for the 389th day on the Gaza Strip.

▪️ The Israeli occupation commits 4 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, of which 41 martyrs and 113 injuries arrived at hospitals during the past 24 hours.

 Statistics of the occupation massacre by targeting the Abu Nasr family home in the Beit Lahia project in the northern Gaza Strip at dawn today, 93 between martyrs and missing.

The Israeli occupation is trying to abort the polio vaccination campaign by all means, preventing the campaign teams from reaching northern Gaza, and placing obstacles to its implementation in Gaza City as well

Palestinian Ministry of Health - Gaza
Press Release

The Israeli occupation is trying to abort the polio vaccination campaign by all means, preventing the campaign teams from reaching northern Gaza, and placing obstacles to its implementation in Gaza City as well.

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Key statistics - April, 10 2025
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Palestinian Ministry of Health / Gaza

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
Note: Cumulative figures as confirmed from multiple sources until the stated date
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Institute for Palestine Studies

Hospital Functionality

  • Fully functional hospitals
    0
  • Partially functional hospitals
    22
  • Non-functioning hospitals
    14
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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
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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
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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
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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

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)