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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

Incursion into Al-Shifa Medical Complex's Specialized Surgery Wing and Reception Department

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The occupation forces stormed the specialized surgery building, and the reception department of the hospital.

The Gaza Media Office in Gaza stated that it received information about the execution by the occupation army of a number of children, civilians, patients and displaced persons inside of the hospital.

Al-Shifa Medical Complex besieged for the second time

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UNOHA reported that Israeli forces launched an operation in the area of Al-Shifa Hospital and distributed leaflets ordering displaced people to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip before besieging and raiding the hospital.

 Local media reported that occupation forces targeted the area with naval, aerial, and artillery shelling and heavy sniper and quadcopter fire. Tanks also advanced towards the compound and blocked the main gate to the hospital.

Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel - reported impact | Day 173
Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #147

As of 25 March, the OCHA oPt Flash Update will be published three times a week and will provide an update on the West Bank on a weekly basis. The next update will be issued on 29 March.

Palestinian Ministry of Health (Gaza Strip)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)