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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

Imminent Threat recieved for immediate Evacuation of PRCS Al Quds Hospital
الطواقم الطبية في مستشفى القدس تستقبل المصابين والجرحى من قطاع غزة

الطواقم الطبية في مستشفى القدس و على مدار الساعة تواصل استقبال المصابين و الجرحى وذلك نتيجة العدوان الإسرائيلي على قطاع غزة في يومه الرابع،

حيث تعاملت الطواقم اليوم مع ما يزيد عند 70 مصاب وجريح.

PRCS Preliminary Emergency Appeal - Aggravated Humanitarian and Protection Crisis due to the Escalation of Hostilities in Gaza Strip and the West Bank
Health Sector Emergency Report for the 148th Day of Aggression
Health Sector Emergency Report for the 146th Day of Aggression
Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on the Middle East

Mr. President,
Excellencies,

Letter by the Secretary-General to the President of Security Council invoking Article 99 of the United Nations Charter

FROM: THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

To: His Excellency Mr. Jose Javier de la Gasca Lopez Dominguez
President of the Security Council
New York

6 December 2023

Dear Mr. President,
I am writing under Article 99 of the United Nations Charter to bring to the attention of the Security Council a matter which, in my opinion, may aggravate existing threats to the maintenance of international peace and security.

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee - Civilians in Gaza in extreme peril while the world watches on: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe

NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME, 21 February 2024 – In the less than five months that followed the brutal 7 October attacks and the ensuing escalation, tens of thousands of Palestinians – mostly women and children – have been killed and injured in the Gaza Strip. More than three quarters of the population have been forced from their homes, many multiple times, and face severe shortages of food, water, sanitation and healthcare – the basic necessities to survive. 

Humanitarian chiefs will not take part in unilateral proposals to create “safe zones” in Gaza - Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee

NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME, 16 November 2023 – As humanitarian leaders, our position is clear: We will not participate in the establishment of any ”safe zone” in Gaza that is set up without the agreement of all the parties, and unless fundamental conditions are in place to ensure safety and other essential needs are met and a mechanism is in place to supervise its implementation. 

Serious allegations against UNRWA staff in the Gaza Strip

From Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General

AMMAN,

“The Israeli Authorities have provided UNRWA with information about the alleged involvement of several UNRWA employees in the horrific attacks on Israel on 7 October.

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Public Records

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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