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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

Impact of attacks on health care in the Gaza Strip 7 October 2023 until 30 July 2024, 14:00
Impact of attacks on health care in the West Bank 7 October 2023 until 31 Dec 2024, 14:00
Medical evacuation of Gaza patients Oct 2023 - 4 Dec 2024
Medical evacuation of Gaza patients Oct 2023 - 15 Jan 2025
Nasser hospital must be protected as south Gaza hospitals receive waves of deadly influxes

Jerusalem – In Khan Younis, southern Gaza, Palestine, fighting is approaching ever closer to Nasser hospital, putting it under threat and jeopardising people’s access to medical care. This comes as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams at Nasser and Al-Aqsa hospitals have responded to 10 mass influxes of badly injured people in July alone, following bombings in the area.

Displaced people struggle without sanitation services in Khan Younis, Gaza

For over 10 months, the war in Gaza, Palestine has led to the displacement of over 1.9 million people.UNFPA, https://www.unfpa.org/occupied-palestinian-territory Often forced to move within minutes of Israeli forces announcing an evacuation order, many people have now been displaced multiple times.

With Al-Aqsa hospital under threat, MSF opens field hospital in central Gaza

Jerusalem – In central Gaza, Palestine, almost 650 patients fled Al-Aqsa hospital, supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), following an Israeli forces evacuation order and an explosion approximately 250 metres from the hospital, located in Deir Al-Balah, on 25 August. In response, MSF teams, in coordination with the Ministry of Health, have quickly opened a field hospital and started receiving patients amid a severe lack of supplies and resources.

Israel and allies must bring year-long war in Gaza to an end
  • For almost a year, Israel has carried out unmitigated slaughter in the Gaza Strip, while all parties to the conflict and their respective allies have failed to secure a sustained ceasefire.
  • A sustained ceasefire must be immediately implemented, the mass killing of civilians must stop, and the blockade on Gaza must be lifted.

Jerusalem - For almost a full year now, Israel has carried out unmitigated slaughter in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.

Israeli forces pushing people from north to south Gaza will only worsen humanitarian catastrophe
  • In northern Gaza, Palestine, Israeli evacuation orders and strikes are forcing people to flee south.
  • The bombing and evacuations of neighbourhoods in the north are making the area unliveable, with no supplies entering the area for a week.
  • We call on Israel to stop issuing evacuation orders and immediately allow in humanitarian aid.

Israeli evacuation orders for parts of northern Gaza, Palestine, issued on 7 October, are pushing tens of thousands of people to immediately flee south as the area is targeted by airstri

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)