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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

HI mourns tragic death of staff member in Gaza

Handicap International / Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is deeply saddened and outraged by the killing of our colleague, Muna, and her entire family after Israeli forces indiscriminately bombed her house in southern Deir Al-Balah, Gaza on 8 June 2024.

Gaza: HI response to the humanitarian crisis

HI employs 40 people in the Gaza Strip, supported by 300 volunteers. The organisation is also engaged in Egypt and Lebanon, helping to address the impact of the crisis there.

Lara, a disabled child in war

Lara, 8, has cerebral palsy. She is living the terrifying experience of war as a child with disabilities.

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A journey to restore hope

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Martyred alongside her family

Submitted by Farah.s.miqdad on

Nurse Suheir Jbara was martyred alongside her children Athal, Arwa and Alma, her husband, and her family after leaving a hospital shift and returning home, to the Hashash household to which they had fled. Only for it to be attacked upon her arrival.

Key statistics - April, 3 2025
source
Palestinian Ministry of Health / Gaza

Health workforce targeted

  • Health Sector martyers
    1178
  • Martyred doctors
    118
  • Martyred nurses
    290
  • Health workers martyred in detention
    4
  • Health sector detainees
    181
  • Health sector freed detainees
    199

Hospital Functionality

  • Fully functional hospitals
    0
  • Partially functional hospitals
    22
  • Non-functioning hospitals
    14
source
Palestinian Ministry of Health / Gaza

Attacks on Health Care

  • Completely destroyed hospitals
    9
  • Partially destroyed hospitals
    25
  • Mass graves in hospitals
    7
  • Ambulances targeted
    115
source
Palestinian Ministry of Health / Gaza

Health Impact

  • Deaths due to famine
    52
  • Deaths due to extreme cold
    17
  • Cases of infectious diseases
    2136026
  • Patients needing evacuation abroad
    22000
  • Deaths while waiting to travel for medical treatment
    350
source
Palestinian Ministry of Health / Gaza
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)