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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

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Medical or dentistry student

Martyr Dr. Abdul Rahman Abu Shamala received the "Reach Education Fund" scholarship in 2020 for his academic excellence, distinction, and passion for practicing medicine.

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Doctor

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Medical or dentistry student

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Medical or dentistry student

Mohammed was one of the diligent students at the Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University. He volunteered to teach first aid basics to the Gaza community through regular awareness campaigns organized by the college.

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Medical or dentistry student

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Medical or dentistry student

Almost a week after the martyrdom of his father, Osama was martyred as a result of an airstrike targeting where he had been displaced, killing him and all who remained from his family, except is brother Mohammed who had travelled to complete his studies abroad. Osama was known among his fifth-year colleagues for his hard work and academic excellence. He had passed the first part of the U.S. Medical Licensing Exams and was working to write a guide detailing his experience to help his colleagues through this exam.

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Nurse

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Nurse

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Pharmacist

The location where Dr. Jamana Arafa resided got targeted while her husband was in the process of obtaining birth certificates for their four-day-old children. The two children and their mother died as a result.

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Palestinian Ministry of Health (Gaza Strip)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)