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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

Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #146

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Incursion into Al-Shifa Medical Complex's Specialized Surgery Wing and Reception Department

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The occupation forces stormed the specialized surgery building, and the reception department of the hospital.

The Gaza Media Office in Gaza stated that it received information about the execution by the occupation army of a number of children, civilians, patients and displaced persons inside of the hospital.

Al-Shifa Medical Complex besieged for the second time

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UNOHA reported that Israeli forces launched an operation in the area of Al-Shifa Hospital and distributed leaflets ordering displaced people to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip before besieging and raiding the hospital.

 Local media reported that occupation forces targeted the area with naval, aerial, and artillery shelling and heavy sniper and quadcopter fire. Tanks also advanced towards the compound and blocked the main gate to the hospital.

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)