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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

Mohammed Ayman Mahmud Al-Sharafi
Occupation
Pharmacist

Key events

He was martyred along with his entire family.

Dr. Mohammad Al-Sharafi, a pharmacist, was martyred along with all his family members, including his father, Dr. Ayman Al-Sharafi, his mother, Dr. Khatam Diab, his sister, medical student Amina Al-Sharafi, and his brother, Mahmoud Al-Sharafi, as a result of the targeting of their home.

Amira Ziad Mustafa Dahman
Occupation
Pharmacist

Key events

She was martyred along with her family.

Amira was martyred along with more than thirty members of her family due to the targeting of the home they had sought refuge in, in Gaza City.

Sameer Abdellatif Al-Sheikh
Occupation
Pharmacist

Pharmacy Doctor Mohammed al-Shami and Dr. Sameer al-Sheikh, who co-founded the "International Pharmacies" in the Gaza Strip, were martyred during the genocide as a result of strikes on each of their homes. The respective strikes killed them and several members of their families.

Key events

Martyred by sniper fire

After several months of resilience in northern Gaza, the esteemed pharmacist Dr. Samir Al-Sheikh was martyred by a sniper's bullet in Al-Nasser Street in Gaza City.

Issam Al-Deen Ismail Abd Rabo
Occupation
Pharmacist

Workplace

Key events

He was martyred along with his two children.

Pharmacist Dr. Issam Abd Rabo was martyred along with his two children, Mohammad (6 years old) and Ismail (9 years old), as a result of the targeting of their home in Rafah, southern Gaza.

Wisam Adnan Al-Halabi
Occupation
Pharmacist
Rula Al-Taweel
Occupation
Pharmacist

Key events

Targeting her home and her martyrdom.

Pharmacist Dr. Rola Al-Tawil and her husband, Professor of Entrepreneurship Dr. Yasser Al-Alam, were martyred due to the targeting of their shelter in Gaza City.

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Health Facilities
Martyred Health Workers
Abducted Health Workers

Public Records

Palestinian Ministry of Health (Gaza Strip)
condemns the repeated attacks by the occupation forces on Kamal Adwan Hospital
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel - reported impact | Day 48
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #48
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