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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

The arrest of medical teams while passing through the humanitarian corridor.

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Occupation forces arrested two PRCS volunteers, Tamer Muhammad Hussein Shahin and Hamdan Samer Abu Khater, while they were passing on February 5 within the humanitarian corridor for displaced people at Al-Amal Hospital. The rest of the medical staff and patients remained trapped inside the hospital due to the continued lack of communications and the occupation targeting the hospital's surroundings.

The arrest of medical teams from Al-Amal Hospital.

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The occupation summoned both the member of the executive office of the PRCS and the general director of Al-Amal Hospital, Dr. Haidar Al-Qidra, in addition to the administrative director of the hospital, Maher Atallah, and took them to an unknown destination. Occupation forces also forced the displaced people inside the hospital to leave it amid a state of panic and intensive shooting.

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Medical scientists

Professor of hereditary research, deputy director of the board of Al Hanan Association for Supporting Cancer Patients, co-founder of the Cancer Research Center in Gaza.

Key events

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Physiotherapist

Key events

Key statistics – April, 20 2025
source
Palestinian Ministry of Health / Gaza

Health workforce targeted

  • Health Sector martyers
    1173
  • Martyred doctors
    115
  • Martyred nurses
    291
  • 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
    23
  • Non-functioning hospitals
    13
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