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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

Nasser Hamdi Abdelatif Al Shalfouh
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Administrator

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Martyred as a result of sharpnel injuries sustained in Jabaliya

A statement by Médecins Sans Frontières, for whom Nasser worked, included the following:

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are mourning the loss of 31-year-old Nasser Hamdi Abdelatif Al Shalfouh, our colleague. Nasser was killed by shrapnel injuries he suffered to his legs and chest on 8 October in Jabalia, north Gaza. Since 7 October, Jabalia has been under relentless attacks by Israeli forces, and people have remained trapped since then without being able to flee.

Nasser died from his injuries on 10 October in Kamal Adwan hospital. He is survived by his wife and two children.

Nasser joined MSF as a driver in March 2023 and has not been working since the war started as MSF activities in north Gaza were severely affected. MSF has been trying to expand activities in the north of Gaza, but it has been impossible so far.

After being injured, Nasser first received emergency care at Al Awda hospital, Jabalia in north Gaza, and was later transferred to Kamal Adwan hospital. He was unable to receive the necessary level of care due to the hospital´s lack of capacity and an overwhelming number of patients in the facility.

Mohammed Marzouq Salman
Occupation
Nurse

Dr. Muneer Alboursh, the Director General of the Palestinian Ministry of Health, mourned him by writing: "The martyrdom of our colleague, the senior nurse Mohammed Marzouq Salman “Abu Tamer,” as a result of the ongoing aggression on northern Gaza. Senior nurse Mohammed Marzouq worked at the Indonesian Hospital, where he carried out his medical duties with dedication and sincerity. May Allah have mercy on him and accept him among the martyrs."

Workplace

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Martyred in the northern Gaza Strip
Mohammed Ghanem
Occupation
Doctor

On the day of Dr. Ghanem's martyrdom, Dr. Muneer Alboursh, the Director General of the Palestinian Ministry of Health, wrote that "Dr. Mohammed Ghanem had endured the siege of Al-Shifa Hospital and was forcibly evacuated, continuing his medical duties at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, then Friends of the Patient Hospital, and finally at Kamal Adwan Hospital, where he joined the emergency department two weeks ago."

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مستشفى كمال عدوان

Kamal Adwan Hospital

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Shot by a drone

Dr. Muneer Alboursh reported "the martyrdom of our colleague, Dr. Mohammed Ghanem, a second-year emergency board physician, after being shot by a “quadcopter” drone while at Haritha School in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip."

Shot by a drone

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Dr. Muneer Alboursh reported "the martyrdom of our colleague, Dr. Mohammed Ghanem, a second-year emergency board physician, after being shot by a “quadcopter” drone while at Haritha School in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip."

Thabat Saleem
Occupation
Doctor

She volunteered in different hospitals during the genocide, most recently, prior to her martyrdom, in al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Dr. Muneer Alboursh, Director General of the Ministry of Health spoke of Dr. Thabat Saleem saying: "Dr. Thabat Salim, born in 1994, was a dedicated neonatal physician who mastered the skills and procedures of neonatology amidst the harsh conditions of war. She worked tirelessly for nearly a year before being martyred moments ago as a result of an Israeli occupation forces airstrike on a home in Al-Nuseirat refugee camp."

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Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital

Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital

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Airstrike on a home in Nuseirat

Dr. Thabat Saleem was martyred in a strike on a home in Nuseirat refugee camp.

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