Skip to main content

About the Platform

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

Nahed Zaki Ismail Abu Taimeh
Occupation
Doctor

Workplace

Key events

Arrest of Nahed Abu Ta'mieh

Occupation forces arrested Nahed Abu Ta'mieh alongside several other health workers in a raid in Nasser Medical Complex.

Khaled Abdelkarim Alser
Occupation
Doctor

In January 2024, Dr Khaled Alser founded a telemedicine initiative with a group of international physicians to support Palestinian surgical teams in managing gunshot and blast injuries during the genocide. He had co-written an academic paper about this initiative, which was published in the Lancet in August 2024, six months into his arrest.

Workplace

Nasser Medical Complex

Nasser Medical Complex

Key events

Arrest of surgeon Khaled al-Serr

Occupation forces arrested Dr. Khaled al-Serr alongside several other health workers during a raid in Nasser Medical Complex.

Dr. Khaled al-Serr is released
Murad Waleed Murad al-Quqa
Occupation
Doctor

Workplace

Al-Shifa Medical Complex

Al-Shifa Medical Complex

Key events

Dr. Murad al-Quqa's arrest

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.

Anis al-Dunia Abdelhamid al-Astal
Occupation
First responder

Key events

Anis al-Astal's arrest

Occupation forces arrested Anis al-Astal and several other ambulance officers during their invasion and bombing campaign in Khan Yunis.

Huthayfa Mahmoud Abu Atieh
Occupation
First responder

Key events

First responder Huthayfa Abu Atieh's arrest

He was arrested from the Jabalia ambulance station in the northern Gaza Strip during a raid by occupation forces on the center. His fate remains unknown until today.

Evacuation orders for the vicinity of the hospital

Submitted by l.hanbali on

Chairperson of the hospital's board of directors Dr. Suhaib Al-Hams, stated that the occupation forces issued evacuation orders in the area where the hospital is located, but the staff did not receive a call about evacuation directly, although the International Rescue Committee announced on May 14 that the hospital had received evacuation orders

Subscribe to
Close
Key statistics – April, 20 2025
source
Palestinian Ministry of Health / Gaza

Health workforce targeted

  • Health Sector martyers
    1173
  • Martyred doctors
    115
  • Martyred nurses
    291
  • 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
    23
  • Non-functioning hospitals
    13
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
Close
Doctor, injured, prisoner, martyr: Adnan Ahmad Atieh al-Bursh

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.

Artwork by Butros Al Maari
Health Facilities
Martyred Health Workers
Abducted Health Workers