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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

Second round of polio campaign in Gaza completed amid ongoing conflict and attacks: UNICEF and WHO
Stop the assault on Palestinians in Gaza and on those trying to help them Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the announcement of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip
Scaling up supplies and services for children in the Gaza Strip More than 350 UNICEF aid trucks have entered the Gaza Strip in ongoing efforts to meet the needs of about 1 million children after 15 months of bombardment
Israel defying ICJ ruling to prevent genocide by failing to allow adequate humanitarian aid to reach Gaza
Gaza: Airdrops and sea routes are no alternative to aid delivery by land 25 NGOs call on governments to prioritize ceasefire and ground-based humanitarian aid as deaths from malnutrition and disease rise
Israel/ OPT: With famine setting in a ceasefire and more aid routes into Gaza are urgently needed
Gaza: Discovery of mass graves highlights urgent need to grant access to independent human rights investigators
Urgent: Israel Announces Total Warfare on Gaza’s Civilian Population, Employing Starvation as Weapon
Gaza Hospitals Are Collapsing and Can Be Targeted Anytime: The International Community Must Intervene and Stop More Israeli Massacres of Palestinian Civilians
Headline statistics 3 April 2025

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
source
Palestinian Ministry of Health / Gaza

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 affected
    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
source
Palestinian Ministry of Health / Gaza

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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

Attacks on hospitals

  • Completely destroyed hospitals
    9
  • Partially destroyed hospitals
    25
  • Mass graves in hospitals
    7

Hospital Functionality

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

Health Impact

  • Deaths due to famine
    52
  • Deaths due to extreme cold
    17
  • Cases of infectious diseases
    2136026
  • Patients needing evacuation abroad
    22000
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)