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He was martyred along with his entire family, including his brothers, their wives, children, and grandchildren, after their family home in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza was bombed. The family had refused to evacuate and move south.
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Martyred alongside his family members: his brothers and their wives, children and grandchildren, as a result of a strike on the family home at Tel al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza, after the family refused to evacuate and flee south.
He was martyred alongside his entire family – his brothers and their wives, children, and granchildren, in an attack on the family home in Tell al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza, after teh family refused to evacuate the house and flee to the south.
The Ministry of Health reported that Al Hayat Specialized Hospital was out of service.
UN OCHA announced that the hospital partially resumed its services in the middle of January 2024, despite persistent challenges, including shortage of personnel, including specialized surgeons, neurosurgeons, and intensive care workers, as well as shortage in medical supplies.
Occupation forces stormed the hospital, arresting its director, Dr. Ahmad al-Kahlout, and all medical staff. Everyone was interrogated and some tortured inside the emergency department and al-Kahlout and more than 70 medical staff were abducted to an unknown destination. The occupation forces shoot at some of those released, injuring five people. 65 wounded and 12 sick children in pediatric care remained at the hospital without electricity, water, or food.
Occupation forces surrounded the hospital, and snipers climbed the buildings surrounding the hospital, firing heavily in the direction of the courtyards and patients' rooms. The Ministry of Health stated that medical staff and the wounded were without water, food or treatment.
On December 16, 2023: Occupation forces withdrew from the hospital after four days of siege.
Occupation tanks shelled the hospital, rendering it out of service.
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-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.
The Nasser Medical Complex is the second largest hospital in the Gaza Strip after Al-Shifa, with 1,227 medical staff.
Opened in 2000, the European Gaza Hospital is located in al-Fukhari in the Khan Younis governorate.
Al-Shifa Hospital Complex is one of the largest health institutions in the Gaza Strip.
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.
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.
His house was targeted upon his return to visit his family after seven consecutive days of work in al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Dr.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dr. Midhat Mhaisen was martyred as a result of a strike targeting the hospital, which injured several other doctors.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dr. Hussam Joudeh was arrested as he attempted to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip through the "safe corridor".
Dr. Hussam Joudeh was arrested as he attempted to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip through the "safe corridor".
Dr. Hussam Joudeh was arrested as he attempted to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip through the "safe corridor".
Dr. Hussam Joudeh was arrested as he attempted to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip through the "safe corridor".
Occupation forces arrested Dr. Wadee' Qasem alongside 70 other health workers in a raid in Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Occupation forces arrested Dr. Wadee' Qasem alongside 70 other health workers in a raid in Kamal Adwan Hospital.
