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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

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.

Establishment of a mass grave in the complex's courtyard

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The Ministry of Health announced that about 40 martyrs were buried in the compound's courtyard, citing the difficulty and delay in the arrival of the injured to the compound, in addition to the extreme difficulty in treating dozens of serious cases that exceeded the capacity of the operating rooms and intensive care units.

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.

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Palestinian Ministry of Health (Gaza Strip)
condemns the repeated attacks by the occupation forces on Kamal Adwan Hospital
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel - reported impact | Day 48
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #48
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