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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

Israel and the occupied territories: President of the ICRC arrives in Gaza, calls for the protection of civilians

Geneva (ICRC) - Mirjana Spoljaric, the president of the ICRC, is in Gaza today to advance efforts that alleviate the devastating humanitarian toll the ongoing conflict is taking on civilians.

NEWS RELEASE 04 DECEMBER 2023 ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

Gaza: Increased armed hostilities in Rafah pose disastrous risk to civilian lives and infrastructure

Geneva (ICRC) — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) cautions the parties to the conflict, and the international community, about the dire impact of increased and sustained armed hostilities in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. Official statements and reporting, as well as continuous military strikes, indicate that a new phase of the conflict is unfolding, and it is critical that civilian lives are protected. Even amidst the carnage and extreme polarization, the fundamental principle of humanity must be upheld.

ICRC remains extremely concerned about the lives and welfare of hostages in Gaza

Geneva (ICRC) —The International Committee of the Red Cross remains extremely concerned about the lives and welfare of hostages being held in Gaza for more than four months. In addition to what they are experiencing, their families are caught between despair and hope as they wait for news about their loved ones.

STATEMENT 14 FEBRUARY 2024 ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

Annual Report 2020 Palestinian Ministry of Health Southern Governorates - Gaza Strip
Annual Report 2019 Palestinian Ministry of Health Southern Governorates - Gaza Strip
Annual Report 2018 Palestinian Ministry of Health Southern Governorates - Gaza Strip
Annual Report 2017 Palestinian Ministry of Health Southern Governorates - Gaza Strip
Security Council resolution 2720 (2023) [on delivery of humanitarian relief and appointment of a Senior Humanitarian Coordinator for Gaza]
ES 10/22 - Protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

78/73 - Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)