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
Medical Aid for Palestinians has supported ActionAid UK in projecting "Vote Ceasefire Now" onto parliament ahead of the vote in the House of Commons.
The words “MPs - Vote for Peace: Vote Ceasefire Now” were projected onto Parliament ahead of the vote in the House of Commons.
Amid reports that Israeli forces have entered the Shifa Hospital, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is gravely concerned for the welfare of the 500 staff, 600 patients and thousands of displaced people believed to still be inside and demands their protection.
Medical staff from Shifa Hospital say they have been forced to flee the hospital on foot with critically ill patients through a warzone.
As two-thirds of hospitals in Gaza have now shut down, there is no capacity to receive them, and with barely a trickle of fuel or medicine getting into Gaza, they will not receive the treatment they need. With Israel's indiscriminate bombardment continuing across all areas, they will not reach safety.
Ahead of Monday’s Global Food Security Summit in London, 12 charities call on the British Prime Minister to demand an immediate ceasefire, an end to Israel’s ongoing siege, and the urgent entry of food, fuel, water and other vital aid. Read their open letter below:
Dear Prime Minister
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is relieved to hear that 28 of the surviving premature babies, who were forced out of incubators at Gaza’s Shifa Hospital by Israel’s denial of generator fuel, have been safely evacuated to Egypt.
Three premature babies still remain at the Emirati Field Hospital in southern Gaza. Sadly, two babies died before their evacuation, as Israel’s besiegement of Shifa Hospital deprived them of the care they needed.
Women are being disproportionately and devastatingly impacted by Israel’s indiscriminate bombardment and total siege of Gaza. The majority of those injured or killed are women and children, and dire living conditions are exacerbating the risk of malnutrition, diseases, and maternal and newborn mortality.
This International Women’s Day, Amal Zaqout, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)’s Community Programme Officer in Gaza, shares the unimaginable challenges she’s faced over the last five months, as well as her hopes for the future.
Deborah Harrington is a consultant obstetrician at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. In December 2023, she volunteered with Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and International Rescue Committee (IRC)’s Emergency Medical Team in Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Hospital.
On International Women’s Day, she spoke to MAP about how Israel’s indiscriminate bombardment and siege of Gaza is impacting women and girls.
The death toll in Gaza has hit another horrifying milestone today, with a staggering 30,000 Palestinians killed by Israel’s military onslaught, the majority women and children.
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) calls for the immediate protection of healthcare workers in Gaza amid widespread attacks on healthcare.
Since 7 October 2023, at least 340 healthcare workers have been killed during Israel’s indiscriminate bombardment and siege, and more than 160 others have been detained, according to the Ministry of Health.
We, the undersigned organisations, are appalled over the mass forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza resulting from Israel's devastating military assault.
Almost 2 million Palestinians have been forcibly displaced within Gaza, with reports indicating Israeli plans for mass displacement outside of Gaza itself.
This humanitarian catastrophe must be addressed urgently within the framework of international law and human rights principles.
Al-Bursh was martyred in Ofer Prison on April 19, 2024 after being subjected to severe torture, killing him. His body is still being held.
Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital was opened in 1882 in al-Zaytun neighborhood south of Gaza City near the St. Philip the Evangelist Church, by English missionaries, led by Rev. Elliott.
The Nasser Medical Complex is the second largest hospital in the Gaza Strip after Al-Shifa, with 1,227 medical staff.
Al-Shifa Hospital Complex is one of the largest health institutions in the Gaza Strip.
Located in the city of Dayr al-Balah, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital is a major government hospital in al-Wusta governorate in the Gaza Strip.
Opened in 2000, the European Gaza Hospital is located in al-Fukhari in the Khan Younis governorate.
Al-Bursh was killed while imprisoned at the Ofer Prison on April 19, 2024. He was subjected to severe torture and his body remains held by Israel.
The Israeli Airforce struck the house of Dr. Omar Farwanah, which was located in Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood in south-west Gaza. Dr. Omar was martyred alongside his daughter, Dr.
His house was targeted upon his return to visit his family after seven consecutive days of work in al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Dr.
He was martyred alongside his father, father-in-law and brother-in-law as a result of a strike of his in-laws' house, where he, his two children and his pregnant wife had fled.
She was martyred alongside her daughter and other members of her family as a result of an airstrike targeting her home in Bureij Camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip.
After he and his mother, Dr. of education and mathematics teacher Dr. Yusra Abdelaziz Maqadmeh, were unreachable for two weeks after the second raid on al-Shifa Medical Complex, the bodies of Dr.
The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz announced that Dr. Iyad al-Rantisi had died in an interrogation center in the city of Askalan, six days after his abduction.
Dr. Midhat Mhaisen was martyred as a result of a strike targeting the hospital, which injured several other doctors.
Occupation forces arrested Dr. Abu Safiya after evacuating Kamal Adwan Hospital, forcing him to walk amid the rubble of the destroyed hospital towards an occupation tank.
Dr. Mohammed Obeid worked at Kamal Adwan Hospital during the final siege on it in Autumn 2024 until it was evacuated completely.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Margaret al-Ra'ee and her husband from their home in Qalqilya.
اعتقلت قوات الاحتلال مدير دائرة العلاج الطبيعي في وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية، أيمن الحلبي أثناء اقتحامها مجمع الشفاء الطبي للمرة الثانية برفقة عدد كبير من الطواقم الطبية.
Dr. Murad al-Quqa was arrested alongside several other health workers, during "al-Shifa massacre", the second raid on the hospital, during which it was destroyed.
اعتقلت قوات الاحتلال الطبيب محمد حميد أبو موسى من داخل مجمع ناصر الطبي عقب اقتحامه، إضافة إلى اعتقال عدد من الكوادر الطبية.
Occupation forces arrested Nahed Abu Ta'mieh alongside several other health workers in a raid in Nasser Medical Complex.
Occupation forces abducted Dr. Mos'ab Samaan alongside several other healthcare workers from inside Nasser Medical Complex
اعتقلت قوات الاحتلال المسعف تامر شاهين أثناء مروره على " الممر الإنساني" برفقة زميله المسعف حمدان أبو خاطر.
اعتقلت قوات الاحتلال ماهر عطا الله المدير الإداري لمستشفى الأمل في خانيونس، عقب استدعائه هو والدكتور حيدر القدرة المدير العام للمستشفى واقتيادهما إلى جهة غير معلومة.
