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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

Israeli army systematically targets medical teams in effort to destroy Palestinian life in northern Gaza
Kamal Adwan Hospital attack: harrowing testimonies of field executions, sexual harassment by the Israeli army in northern Gaza
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya's life in danger due to torture: Immediate international intervention needed for his release
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri: Starvation and the right to food, with an emphasis on the Palestinian people’s food sovereignty
Still wrecked from past Israeli raids, hospitals in northern Gaza come under attack again
UN experts horrified at blatant disregard for health rights in Gaza following deadly raid on Kamal Adwan hospital
Healthcare workers as human rights defenders: a medical perspective on Israel's genocide enablement apparatus in Gaza and abroad
84% of British public says that ICC arrest warrants must be respected

An overwhelming majority of the British public, 84%, believe that if the International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant, the British authorities should arrest that person if they enter British jurisdiction. This is according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the Council for Arab-British Understanding (Caabu) and Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP).  

What does it mean to be displaced in Gaza right now?

More than 1.9 million Palestinians in Gaza, about 90% of the population, have been driven from their homes as a result of Israeli military attacks and evacuation orders since October 2023.

Aid agencies and medical professionals warn of dangers of a mass polio outbreak, endangering a generation of children

Aid agencies and medical professionals have joined forces to call urgently for a ceasefire to allow life-saving polio vaccinations to be administered to about 640,000 children aged under 10 following