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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

Invasion of the Nasser Complex

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Occupation forces stormed the courtyard of the hospital after demolishing the southern wall, turning it into a military barracks, bulldozed its yards, fired at its medical departments, used dogs to terrorize displaced people and patients, and arrested a number of medical staff and displaced who fled the complex. 

Demolition of the northern wall of the Nasser Medical Complex

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Occupation forces demolished the northern wall of the Nasser Hospital compound, and notified the hospital administration to evacuate displaced persons, patients, and medical staff. The occupation forces also opened fire at anyone trying to leave and evacuate at the hospital's gate and targeted schools in the surrounding area, leading to a fire that spread to the medical equipment warehouse and burned it completely, as well as the medical supplies warehouse which was burned by 80%.

تشديد الحصار على مجمع ناصر

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شددت قوات الاحتلال من حصار المجمع واستهدف محيطه بشكل مباشر ومركز، إضافة إلى تعريض حياة الكادر الطبي والنازحين للخطر المباشر بفعل انتشار طائرات "الكواد كابتر" والقناصة واستهداف بوابة الطوارئ في المجمع، ونقص حاد في المستلزمات الطبية" أدوية التخدير والعمليات الجراحية وغيرها"

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: We cannot abandon the people of Gaza

NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME, 30 January 2024 – The allegations of involvement of several UNRWA staff in the heinous attacks on Israel on 7 October are horrifying. As the Secretary-General has said, any UN employee involved in acts of terror will be held accountable. 

However, we must not prevent an entire organization from delivering on its mandate to serve people in desperate need. 

Gaza: Israel must end its campaign of death and destruction

Jerusalem, Paris, Brussels, Barcelona, 28 May 2024 - As the United Nations Security Council meets today after Israel struck tent camps sheltering displaced people in designated “humanitarian zones” in southern Gaza, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls for an immediate end to the Rafah offensive and the ongoing atrocities across the Gaza Strip. Israel’s military strategy of repeatedly launching attacks in densely populated areas inevitably leads to the mass killing of civilians.

Resolution A/RES/ES-10/23 titled “Admission of new Members to the United Nations

Siege of Kamal Adwan Hospital

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Occupation forces partially besieged the hospital after targeting the northern gate, while tanks advanced from its eastern side, and occupation snipers targeted anyone who tried to approach the hospital. 

Director Dr. Abu Safiya stated that the occupation forces targeted the gate of the emergency department with missiles.

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
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)