Humanitarian Frontline Heroes: Distributing Aid Under Fire in The Gaza Strip
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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
Humanitarian Frontline Heroes: Dr. Sulafa Struggles to Provide Medical Supplies in Times of War
Dr. Sulafa is the Pharmacy Manager and Drugstore Supervisor at the UNRWA Tel al-Sultan Health Centre in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. For 18 years, through multiple rounds of violence and the tight blockade of Gaza, she has continued to serve the local Palestine Refugee community. “I would work alone in the pharmacy for the first three days of every war,” she said, “then a colleague would join me to provide support.”
#UNRWAWORKS. Frontline Heroes: The Race Against The Clock To Avert Famine
Since the start of the war in Gaza, more than 31,000 Palestinians have been killed. Now, more are dying from the consequences of the imposed siege, including at least 23 children who have died of starvation and dehydration. The UN last month warned that a quarter of the population is on the brink of famine.
Martyred in an airstrike
He was martyred as a result of an airstrike on his family home in Nuseirat camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip.
Martyred with his father
He was martyred alongside his brother Dr. Harbi al-Na'san as a result of a strike on their vehicle.
Ahel's martyrdom
He was martyred along with his family as a result of the targeting of their home in Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip.
Martyred along with her family members.
She and all her family members were martyred in an airstrike on their home in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.
Naser's martyrdom
She was martyred after the occupation targeted her home in al-Maghazi camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip, alongside a large number of her family members.
Martyred while working
Hani al-Jafarawi was martyred as a result of an airstrike targeting al-Daraj clinic in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, while he was working.
Deir al Balah - Salah al-Din Road
Located in the city of Dayr al-Balah, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital is a major government hospital in al-Wusta governorate in the Gaza Strip.
Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital
Gaza - Al-Saha area
Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital was opened in 1882 in al-Zaytun neighborhood south of Gaza City near the St. Philip the Evangelist Church, by English missionaries, led by Rev. Elliott.
Al Ahli Arab Hospital
Khan Yunis - Khan Yunis
The Nasser Medical Complex is the second largest hospital in the Gaza Strip after Al-Shifa, with 1,227 medical staff.
Nasser Medical Complex
Khan Yunis - Al-Fukhkhari
Opened in 2000, the European Gaza Hospital is located in al-Fukhari in the Khan Younis governorate.
Gaza European Hospital
Gaza - Northwestern Gaza
Al-Shifa Hospital Complex is one of the largest health institutions in the Gaza Strip.
Al-Shifa Medical Complex
Al-Bursh was killed while imprisoned at the Ofer Prison on April 19, 2024. He was subjected to severe torture and his body remains held by Israel.
Adnan al-Bursh
The Israeli Airforce struck the house of Dr. Omar Farwanah, which was located in Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood in south-west Gaza. Dr. Omar was martyred alongside his daughter, Dr.
Omar Saleh Omar Farwanah
His house was targeted upon his return to visit his family after seven consecutive days of work in al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Dr.
Midhat Mahmoud Khamees Saydam
He was martyred alongside his father, father-in-law and brother-in-law as a result of a strike of his in-laws' house, where he, his two children and his pregnant wife had fled.
Hammam Mahmoud Alloh
She was martyred alongside her daughter and other members of her family as a result of an airstrike targeting her home in Bureij Camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip.
Sereen Mohammed Yousef al-Attar
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 Sa'eed Ahmad al-Maqadmeh
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.
Iyad Mohammed al-Rantisi
Dr. Midhat Mhaisen was martyred as a result of a strike targeting the hospital, which injured several other doctors.
Midhat Mhaisen
He was arrested from the Jabalia ambulance station in the northern Gaza Strip during a raid by occupation forces on the center. His fate remains unknown until today.
Huthayfa Mahmoud Abu Atieh
He was arrested from the Jabalia ambulance station in the northern Gaza Strip during a raid by occupation forces on the center. His fate remains unknown until today.
Huthayfa Mahmoud Abu Atieh
He was arrested from the Jabalia ambulance station in the northern Gaza Strip during a raid by occupation forces on the center. His fate remains unknown until today.
Huthayfa Mahmoud Abu Atieh
He was arrested from the Jabalia ambulance station in the northern Gaza Strip during a raid by occupation forces on the center. His fate remains unknown until today.
Huthayfa Mahmoud Abu Atieh
Dr. Hussam Joudeh was arrested as he attempted to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip through the "safe corridor".
Hussam Mohammed Ibrahim Joudeh
Dr. Hussam Joudeh was arrested as he attempted to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip through the "safe corridor".
Hussam Mohammed Ibrahim Joudeh
Dr. Hussam Joudeh was arrested as he attempted to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip through the "safe corridor".
Hussam Mohammed Ibrahim Joudeh
Dr. Hussam Joudeh was arrested as he attempted to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip through the "safe corridor".
Hussam Mohammed Ibrahim Joudeh
Occupation forces arrested Dr. Wadee' Qasem alongside 70 other health workers in a raid in Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Wadee' Fayez Qasem
Occupation forces arrested Dr. Wadee' Qasem alongside 70 other health workers in a raid in Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Wadee' Fayez Qasem
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Palestinian Ministry of Health (Gaza Strip)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
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