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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

Death rate of elderly people in northern Gaza Strip soars due to bombing, starvation, dehydration, and lack of healthcare

Occupied Palestinian Territory - With Israel still committing genocide against the Gaza Strip’s population for the fifth consecutive month, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor expressed grave concern over the high rate of deaths among the Strip’s elderly. The rights organisation cited the following causes in particular: bombing, starvation, dehydration, malnutrition, and lack of access to medical care.

 

Kidney failure patients face slow death amid Israel’s genocide in Gaza

Palestinian Territory - Thousands of people with chronic and serious diseases, including kidney failure patients, face a slow death amid Israel’s genocide of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, ongoing since 7 October 2023.

 

Israeli army is attempting to evade responsibility for yet another flour massacre in Gaza

Palestinian Territory - The Israeli army is yet again attempting to evade responsibility for massacring Palestinian civilians who were waiting for aid supplies. Israel’s most recent “flour massacre” occurred last night near the Kuwait roundabout on the outskirts of Gaza City, and left more than 80 dead and 200 injured, a number of whom are in critical condition.

 

International community must act immediately to stop Israeli army’s massacre of Palestinians at Al-Shifa Hospital

Palestinian Territory - The ongoing Israeli massacre in Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Medical Complex and surrounding areas has left at least 100 Palestinians dead, many of whom were victims of extrajudicial executions after their arrest. The international community must intervene immediately to put an end to this atrocity.

Following death of three patients, concerns raised about Israeli detention of medical personnel at Al-Shifa Medical Complex

Palestinian Territory - Horrific testimonies have beenreceived by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor regarding the slow death faced by dozens of sick and injured Palestinians at Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Medical Complex. The hospital has been the target of a massive military operation by the Israeli army for the fourth day in a row now.

Gaza : Israeli army uses Palestinian civilians as human shields in its operation in Shifa Medical Complex and its vicinity

Palestinian Territory - The Israeli military continues to use Palestinian civilians as human shields in its military operation inside the al-Shifa Medical Complex and its vicinity in Gaza City.

After surviving Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, Palestinians are being killed by disorderly entry of international aid

Palestinian Territory - Palestinians who escaped Israeli bombing, gunfire, or starvation in the Gaza Strip have now been killed as a result of the disorderly entry of international aid, either by aid falling on their heads, drowning while attempting to reach it, or being suffocated or crushed in a stampede.

In a week, Israeli army executes 13 children in and near Al-Shifa Hospital

Palestinian Territory - In blatant violation of international law, particularly international humanitarian law, the Israeli army has executed 13 children by direct shooting in Al-Shifa Medical Complex and its Gaza City environs. This is a war crime and a crime against humanity, and is part of the genocide that the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip having been experiencing for the past six months.

Gaza: Shifa Medical Complex witnesses one of the largest massacres in Palestinian history

Palestinian Territory - The Israeli army carried out a massive, shockingly horrific military operation in Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City over the course of the past two weeks, indiscriminately targeting and attacking Palestinians regardless of their civilian status, professional standing, gender, age, or health condition.

Gaza: Al-Shifa Medical Complex massacre provides proof that the Israeli army engaged in full-fledged crimes

Palestinian Territory - The Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Medical Complex and its environs, the consequences of which are still unfolding almost two weeks later, demonstrates that the army committed complete and self-evident war crimes and crimes against humanity. These crimesinclude carrying out killings and unlawful executions of civilians and attempting to conceal evidence by burying victims’ bodies and even disfiguring them in the hospital courtyard.

Key statistics – May 8, 2025
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Palestinian Ministry of Health / Gaza

Health workforce targeted

  • Health Sector martyers
    1175
  • Martyred doctors
    115
  • Martyred nurses
    292
  • Health workers martyred in detention
    4
  • Health sector detainees
    181
  • Health sector freed detainees
    199
Note: Cumulative figures as confirmed from multiple sources until the stated date
source
Institute for Palestine Studies

Hospital Functionality

  • Fully functional hospitals
    0
  • Partially functional hospitals
    22
  • Non-functioning hospitals
    14
source
Health Cluster

Medicines and Equipments

  • Medical Disposables at Zero Stock
    59%
  • Essential Medicines at Zero Stock
    37%
  • Cancer Medicines at Zero Stock
    54%
  • Diabetes Patients with Unavailable Medicines
    80,000
  • Hypertension Patients with Unavailable Medicines
    110,000
source
Palestinian Ministry of Health / Gaza

Attacks on Health Care

  • Completely destroyed hospitals
    9
  • Partially destroyed hospitals
    25
  • Mass graves in hospitals
    7
  • Ambulances targeted
    115
source
Institute for Palestine Studies

Health Impact

  • Deaths due to famine
    52
  • Deaths due to extreme cold
    17
  • Cases of infectious diseases
    2136026
  • Patients needing evacuation abroad
    22000
  • Deaths while waiting to travel for medical treatment
    350
Note: Cumulative figures until the stated date, so each person may suffer from an infectious disease multiple times during the genocide
source
Palestinian Ministry of Health / Gaza
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)