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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

#Heartheirvoices: Lasting Trauma: Drawings from Three Palestine Refugee Siblings in Gaza

The war in Gaza has already over 31,000 Palestinian lives. Children make up more than 13,000 of the dead. Almost 74,000 people have been injured, including thousands of children. 

Beyond the death and the physical injuries, the war is also taking an undeterminably high toll on the mental health of all inhabitants of the Gaza Strip. 

Living in the Rubble: Alaa’s Harrowing Story of Displacement

Alaa is a young teenager from the Zaytoun neighborhood in the Gaza Strip.  She and her family, along with most of the population in Gaza, have been displaced to Rafah, all searching for safety from Israeli bombardments. Rafah is now overrun with internally displaced people (IDPs) seeking shelter.  Home to only 300,000 people before the start of the war, it now hosts some 1.5 million Palestinians.

Alaa’s story of displacement, fear, and sadness is shared by hundreds of thousands of other children.

 

Protecting Palestine Refugee Herding Communities in Area C amidst Heightened Levels of Settler Violence

Background on Settler Violence in the West Bank

Not a minute to spare: The story of talaat’s birth

History books may not write about Talaat, a Palestine Refugee born in the middle of the war on Gaza. But the story of his birth is certainly worth telling.  story of how his mother, Umm Talaat, was unable to find clothing to cover his tender, newborn skin. Having survived such a traumatic delivery, Umm Talaat recounts the tale of her son’s birth amid the violence and displacement in Gaza.

"Our Fallen Colleagues Series: Former UNRWA Student Buried in a School"

The story of physiotherapist Abdul Rahman

Three months into the war in Gaza, as violence raged around him, Abdul Rahman left his family in search of food. The father of two children - whose youngest was just a few months old - never returned. Without a chance to say goodbye, Abdul Rahman was killed. Poignantly, the former UNRWA student was laid to rest at the UNRWA Abu Helo School in Al-Bureij camp.

No Shelter from War: the Bombing of Block 2 at the UNRWA Nuseirat School

In yet another strike on a UN installation in the Gaza Strip, this time on the UNRWA Nuseirat Boys' Preparatory School, a bombardment by Israeli forces early on 6 June killed at least 35 people  and injured dozens more.

The UNRWA school-turned-shelter at Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, housed some 6,000 internally displaced people. Many hailed from Al-Bureij and Al-Maghazi refugee camps, which they were forced to flee because of the war.

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Key statistics - April, 10 2025
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Palestinian Ministry of Health / Gaza

Health workforce targeted

  • Health Sector martyers
    1172
  • Martyred doctors
    115
  • Martyred nurses
    290
  • Health workers martyred in detention
    4
  • Health sector detainees
    181
  • Health sector freed detainees
    199
Note: Cumulative figures as confirmed from multiple sources until the stated date
source
Institute for Palestine Studies

Hospital Functionality

  • Fully functional hospitals
    0
  • Partially functional hospitals
    22
  • Non-functioning hospitals
    14
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Health Cluster

Medicines and Equipments

  • Medical Disposables at Zero Stock
    59%
  • Essential Medicines at Zero Stock
    37%
  • Cancer Medicines at Zero Stock
    54%
  • Diabetes Patients with Unavailable Medicines
    80,000
  • Hypertension Patients with Unavailable Medicines
    110,000
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
Institute for Palestine Studies

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
Note: Cumulative figures until the stated date, so each person may suffer from an infectious disease multiple times during the genocide
source
Palestinian Ministry of Health / Gaza
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Doctor, injured, prisoner, martyr: Adnan Ahmad Atieh al-Bursh

Al-Bursh was martyred in Ofer Prison on April 19, 2024 after being subjected to severe torture, killing him. His body is still being held.

Artwork by Butros Al Maari
Health Facilities
Martyred Health Workers
Abducted Health Workers

Public Records

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Humanitarian Situation Update #278 | Gaza Strip
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Reported impact snapshot | Gaza Strip (8 April 2025)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
The Secretary-General – remarks to the press on Gaza