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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

Areej Tawlan
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Physiotherapist

His martyrdom

Submitted by Farah.s.miqdad on

He was martyred alongside several of his family members after their house was targeted. Muath had spent several consecutive days volunteering in the emergency department in al-Quds Martyrs Hospital in the middle of the Gaza Strip. As soon as he arrived home to rest, his house was targeted with everyone in it.

Her martyrdom

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She was martyred alongside members of her family as a result of a strike on her home in Shujaiya neighborhood in the east of Gaza City.

Martyrdom

Submitted by Farah.s.miqdad on

She was martyred alongside her sisters, Hanaa and Malak, and her niece Julia as a result of an airstrike on their home in Nuseirat Camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip. Their bodies were recovered the day after the strike, while their father's body remains buried under the rubble.

Martyrdom date

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After he and his mother, Dr. of education and mathematics teacher Dr. Yusra Abdelaziz Maqadmeh, were unreachable for two weeks after the second raid on al-Shifa Medical Complex, the bodies of Dr. Ahmad and Dr. Yusra were identified in the yard of the hospital.

Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel - reported impact | Day 181
Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #150

The OCHA oPt Flash Update is published three times a week, with an update on the West Bank included once a week. The next update will be issued on 8 April.

Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #151

The OCHA oPt Flash Update is published three times a week, with an update on the West Bank included once a week. Due to the upcoming Eid al Fitr, the next update will be issued on 12 April.

Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel - reported impact | Day 184
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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)
Humanitarian Situation Update #278 | Gaza Strip
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Reported impact snapshot | Gaza Strip (8 April 2025)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
The Secretary-General – remarks to the press on Gaza