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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

Abdulrahman Alnajjar
Occupation
Medical or dentistry student

Abdulrahman hoped to become a doctor and specialize in neurosurgery. During the war, he volunteered in the Gaza European Hospital to support medical teams even after his displacement and detention. At the time of his martyrdom, he was in his third year of medical school.

Workplace

Key events

Airstrike on the Abu Daqqa household

Al-Mezan Center reported an airstrike by occupation forces on a house belonging to the Abu Daqqa family in the early hours of August 30, in southern greater Absan, in eastern Khan Yunis, which led to the martyrdom of Abdulrahman alongside two of his cousins.

Support the AWDA field hospital in Gaza

The People´s Health Movement (PHM) is fundraising for AWDA Health and Community Association in Gaza. Please make a donation to support the new AWDA field hospital that is currently being build. The field hospital will increase the capacity of the existing AWDA hospital in Al Nuseirat, and will benefit +15.000 displaced people in need of healthcare.

oPt Emergency Situation Update, Issue 41
Ahmad al-Kahlout
Occupation
Doctor

Currently detained in Nafha prison, in the desert in southeastern Palestine.

Workplace

مستشفى كمال عدوان

Kamal Adwan Hospital

Key events

Dr. Ahmad al-Kahlout's arrest

After storming Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, occupation forces arrested Dr. Ahmad al-Kahlout and took him to an unknown location, alongside 70 other health workers.

Ahmad Muhanna
Occupation
Doctor

Workplace

Al Awda Hospital

Al Awda Hospital

Key events

Arrest of Dr. Ahmad Muhanna

Occupation forces stormed al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip and conducted field interrogations with several displaced people, patients, and health workers. They also stripped and detained health personnel who were present in the hospital, releasing most of them later, while keeping Dr. Ahmad Muhanna under arrest.

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Key statistics - April, 10 2025
source
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
source
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
source
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)