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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

Hussam Ahmad Hamada
Occupation
Doctor

Workplace

Al-Shifa Medical Complex

Al-Shifa Medical Complex

Key events

Killed by a "roof knocking" rocket

Killed by a "roof knocking" rocket as occupation forces attempted to force his family to evacuate their home following five days of siege in the Ansar roundabout neighborhood in Gaza City. He was killed despite multiple attempts by his family to contact the Red Cross to evacuate him as he crawled to try to find a safer place. He was martyred after bleeding to death due to several injuries. His body was found close to his house on January 23, 2024.

Harbi Na'eem Abd al-Na'san
Occupation
Dentist

Key events

Martyred alongside his son

He was killed alongside his son as a result of a strike on their vehicle as they drove home.

Iyad Mohammed al-Rantisi
Occupation
Doctor

Head of the obstetrics department in Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahya in the northern Gaza Strip. He also worked at the obstetrics department in the Patient Friends Hospital. He was arrested alongside Dr. Mohammed Abu Silmiyeh at Netzarim checkpoint during the first siege on al-Shifa hospital. Dr. Iyad al-Rantisi was the second doctor that occupation authorities announced the martyrdom of under detention, following Dr. Adnan al-Bursh.

Workplace

مستشفى كمال عدوان

Kamal Adwan Hospital

Key events

Martyrdom of Dr. Iyad al-Rantisi

The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz announced that Dr. Iyad al-Rantisi had died in an interrogation center in the city of Askalan, six days after his abduction. The announcement came on June 18, 2024, around 7 months following his martyrdom.

Abduction of Dr. Iyad al-Rantisi

Dr. Iyad al-Rantisi was abducted at Netzarim checkpoint after the occupation army ordered him and others to evacuate Kamal Adwan Hospital to the southern Gaza Strip.

Ahmad al-Wahsh
Occupation
Doctor
Amani Abu Hilal
Occupation
Doctor
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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

Dr. Abdullah Ghali Recounts Healthcare Under Siege During Gaza Mission Last Year
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Reported impact snapshot | Gaza Strip (25 March 2025)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Note to Correspondents: on Gaza