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
As aid organizations, we are deeply concerned and outraged that some of the largest donors have united to suspend funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the main aid provider for millions of Palestinians in Gaza and the region. This comes amid a rapidly worsening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
The Secretary-General, in consultation with UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, has appointed an independent Review Group to assess whether the Agency is doing everything within its power to ensure neutrality and to respond to allegations of serious breaches when they are made.
The review will be led by Catherine Colonna, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, who will work with three research organizations: the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Sweden, the Chr. Michelsen Institute in Norway, and the Danish Institute for Human Rights.
The Secretary-General is horrified by extremely serious allegations which implicate several UNRWA staff members in the terror attacks of 7 October in Israel. The UN is taking swift action.
The Secretary-General immediately activated an investigation by the UN’s Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS).
Key Points
The Gaza Strip
Geneva, 13 February 2024
I just had a two-hour briefing with the Member States. Basically, we were talking about the situation in Rafah, which is deeply, deeply concerning and, as you know, people are anxious and in fear of a possible large-scale military operation.
His Excellency Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the General Assembly, New York
Dear Mr. President,
The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is untenable. An estimated 1·7 million people—over 75% of the population—have been displaced across Gaza as of Jan 30, 2024,1 often multiple times. Families have been forced to move multiple times in search of safety. According to local authorities, as of Jan 7, 2024, at least 26 901 Palestinians have been killed, 65 949 have been injured, and 7780 are missing, mostly under the rubble.1 Access to life-saving health services has been severely affected. Electricity, fuel, water, and medicines are either in very short supply or non-existent.2
UNRWA has long faced misinformation and disinformation, including about its staff and operations. This has intensified since the war in Gaza began on 7 October.
This document outlines UNRWA’s positions—based on objective, ascertainable facts, data, and firsthand information— on some of the most frequent claims and allegations made against the Agency in the media and social media by various individuals, organizations, public and private entities.
Background
We acknowledge that your current situation is incredibly dangerous and distressing for you and your loved ones. We are very sorry you have to go through this. Please know that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) are doing their best to help you. We all face massive challenges but our commitment to help is never broken. Please remember that all services provided by humanitarian organizations are free of charge.
Located in the city of Dayr al-Balah, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital is a major government hospital in al-Wusta governorate in the Gaza Strip.
Opened in 2000, the European Gaza Hospital is located in al-Fukhari in the Khan Younis governorate.
Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital was opened in 1882 in al-Zaytun neighborhood south of Gaza City near the St. Philip the Evangelist Church, by English missionaries, led by Rev. Elliott.
The Nasser Medical Complex is the second largest hospital in the Gaza Strip after Al-Shifa, with 1,227 medical staff.
Al-Shifa Hospital Complex is one of the largest health institutions in the Gaza Strip.
Al-Bursh was killed while imprisoned at the Ofer Prison on April 19, 2024. He was subjected to severe torture and his body remains held by Israel.
The Israeli Airforce struck the house of Dr. Omar Farwanah, which was located in Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood in south-west Gaza. Dr. Omar was martyred alongside his daughter, Dr.
His house was targeted upon his return to visit his family after seven consecutive days of work in al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Dr.
He was martyred alongside his father, father-in-law and brother-in-law as a result of a strike of his in-laws' house, where he, his two children and his pregnant wife had fled.
She was martyred alongside her daughter and other members of her family as a result of an airstrike targeting her home in Bureij Camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip.
After he and his mother, Dr. of education and mathematics teacher Dr. Yusra Abdelaziz Maqadmeh, were unreachable for two weeks after the second raid on al-Shifa Medical Complex, the bodies of Dr.
The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz announced that Dr. Iyad al-Rantisi had died in an interrogation center in the city of Askalan, six days after his abduction.
Dr. Midhat Mhaisen was martyred as a result of a strike targeting the hospital, which injured several other doctors.
He was arrested from the Jabalia ambulance station in the northern Gaza Strip during a raid by occupation forces on the center. His fate remains unknown until today.
He was arrested from the Jabalia ambulance station in the northern Gaza Strip during a raid by occupation forces on the center. His fate remains unknown until today.
He was arrested from the Jabalia ambulance station in the northern Gaza Strip during a raid by occupation forces on the center. His fate remains unknown until today.
He was arrested from the Jabalia ambulance station in the northern Gaza Strip during a raid by occupation forces on the center. His fate remains unknown until today.
After storming Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, occupation forces arrested Dr. Ahmad al-Kahlout and took him to an unknown location, alongside 70 other health workers.
After storming Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, occupation forces arrested Dr. Ahmad al-Kahlout and took him to an unknown location, alongside 70 other health workers.
After storming Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, occupation forces arrested Dr. Ahmad al-Kahlout and took him to an unknown location, alongside 70 other health workers.
After storming Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, occupation forces arrested Dr. Ahmad al-Kahlout and took him to an unknown location, alongside 70 other health workers.
Occupation forces stormed al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip and conducted field interrogations with several displaced people, patients, and health workers.
Occupation forces stormed al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip and conducted field interrogations with several displaced people, patients, and health workers.
