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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

Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel - reported impact | Day 180
Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #149

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 5 April.

Sniper bullet to the head

Submitted by saraalymani4 on

Dr. Mohammed suffered from a chronic heart disease but was forced to evacuate on foot towards the south. He was martyred as a result of a sniper bullet to his head by an occupation soldier. His children carried his body on foot along the painful path for over 20 kilometers to the south of the Strip.

Occupation
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

Submitted by Farah.s.miqdad on

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.

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)