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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

Ahmad Hassan
Occupation
Doctor
Ahmad al-Sahar
Occupation
Doctor

Workplace

Key events

Martyred while working

Dr. Ahmad's life ended as he was working when the occupation airforce struck the third and fourth floors of al-Awda hospital and he was martyred alongside his colleagues Dr. Ziad al-Tatari and Dr. Mahmoud Abu Nujaila. Other members of the medical team sustained severe injuries, including Doctors Without Borders staff. His passing weighed heavily on those who knew him and were touched by his humanity in his work. The Qatari minister for intenrational cooperation Lolwah Al-Khater mourned him saying: "You spoke to me of your dreams, your passion for medicine, and that the violence of the Israeli occupation will only strengthen your resolve."

Mahmoud Mansour Abdel-Raouf Abu Nujaila
Occupation
Doctor

Workplace

Al Awda Hospital

Al Awda Hospital

Key events

Martyred while working

He was martyred alongside Dr. Ziad al-Tatari and Dr. Ahmad al-Sahar as a result of a direct airstrike targeting the third and fourth floors of al-Awda hospital where they were working as part of a Doctors Without Borders team.

Ziad Fathi Khalil al-Tatari
Occupation
Doctor

Workplace

Al Awda Hospital

Al Awda Hospital

Key events

Martyred while working

Dr. Ziad was martyred alongside Dr. Mahmoud Abu Nujeila and Dr. Ahmad al-Sahar as a result of a direct strike on the third and fourth floors of al-Awda hospitals while they were working as part of a Doctors Without Borders team.

Rafat Hasan Abdel-Rahman Labad
Occupation
Doctor

Dr. Rafat was one of few in the Strip who specialized in autoimmune diseases – he was known for his passion for his work and his standing out in his field. He worked as a lecturer in both al-Azhar and the Islamic universities and was known for his positive relationship and encouraging attitude with his students.

Workplace

Al-Shifa Medical Complex

Al-Shifa Medical Complex

Key events

Bombing of his home and his martyrdom alongside his family

He was martyred alongside members of his family (his three daughters, his brother and his sister-in-law) as a result of an airstrike targeting his home in Gaza City, after refusing to be displaced and continuing to work at al-Shifa hospital until he was martyred.

Inas Mahmoud Yousef al-Haj Yousef
Occupation
Doctor

Inas was preparing to sit the Palestinian Board exam in family medicine. She was six-months pregnant and seeking to find out the sex of her fetus. Her three-year-old beautiful, intelligent son Hassan Nueiri wanted to become a doctor, but became a martyr.

Workplace

Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital

Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital

Key events

Bombardment of her home and her martyrdom alongside her family

She was martyred alongside her son Hasan, her fetus and other members of her family, while her husband, orthopedic surgery specialist Dr. Ali Nueiri, was injured.

Israa Abdallah Mustafa al-Ashqar
Occupation
Doctor

Workplace

Indonesian Hospital

Indonesian Hospital

Key events

Bombing of her home

Occupation forces bombed her home as she returned home. She was transferred to the Indonesian hospital for treatment and was martyre there. She was martyred alongside 18 members of her family.

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Martyred Health Workers
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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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