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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

Attacks on hospitals in northern Gaza
Reported impact snapshot | Gaza Strip (22 October 2024)
Humanitarian Situation Update #231 | Gaza Strip
Soma Baroud
Occupation
Doctor

Dr. Souma Baroud is the sister of Palestinian writer and journalist, Ramzy Baroud

Key events

Martyred in a strike on a car

Occupation forces bombed a taxi Dr. Baroud was taking, killing her and six other people she was with

War Biology and Antimicrobial Resistance: The Case of Gaza

Introduction

Ziad Mohammed al-Dalou
Occupation
Nurse

Ziad al-Dalou worked as a nurse (hakeem) in al-Shifa Medical Complex and held the position of deputy director of the internal medicine department in the hospital

Workplace

Key events

Abduction of Ziad al-Dalou

Israeli occupation forces abducted Ziad al-Dalou from al-Shifa Medical Complex during its second raid of the hospital, after it was besieged and raided for the first time in November 2023

Ziad al-Dalou's martyrdom is announced

Sources close to the family of the martyr reported Ziad al-Dalou's martyrdom in occupation prisons, which the Ministry of Health confirmed the next day. While some sources have reported the circumstances surrounding his martyrdom and its date, these have not been confirmed by official sources.

Palestine Red Crescent Society
Ownership type
Address
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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
source
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
source
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
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
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)
Humanitarian Situation Update #278 | Gaza Strip
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Reported impact snapshot | Gaza Strip (8 April 2025)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
The Secretary-General – remarks to the press on Gaza