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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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Gained a master's in microbiology and undertook specialisation in radiology in the European Hospital. Dr. Nisreen al-Halabi, Area Health Officer of the UNRWA Health Programme in Gaza, remarked "Dr. Amal was one of our best doctors – full of energy and vitality; her soul and passion in dealing with patients and colleagues were outstanding."

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Dr. Mohammed Dabbour established the first laboratory to test patient biopsies, which previously could not be tested in the Gaza Strip and had to be sent to Egypt or Cyprus. He was the first and only pathology specialist in Gaza.

He had been working on a clinical research project with Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, at the American University of Beirut's CREEW center.

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Testimony from Dr. Ahmed Mufeed El-Mokhallalati: "Yesterday, we bid farwell to Dr. Midhat Saydam, the plastic surgeon in the department, as a result of an Israeli airstrike on his house, killing him and his family members. He was a prominent plastic surgeon in the Strip. He was a big brother, a compassionate human, and a brilliant doctor. He dedicated his life to the service and care of patients and the training of a new generation of youth. I used to call him the Mukhtar [Chief] of the unit – I cannot imagine the spirit of the place after his passing.

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Palestinian Ministry of Health (Gaza Strip)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)