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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

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Bombing of his workplace and his martyrdom

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Dr. Basel Mahdi and Dr. Ra'ed Mahdi were martyred as a result of a strike on their maternity hospital in Gaza City, to which they had been displaced with their families. Both doctors had been working from the beginning of the war until the day they were martyred. Those who were besieged in the hospital, including the two doctors and their family, had been pleading to be evacuated for several days.

Bombing his place of work and his martyrdom

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Dr. Basel Mahdi and Dr. Ra'ed Mahdi were martyred as a result of a strike on their maternity hospital in Gaza City, to which they had fled with their families. Both doctors worked in the hospital from the beginning of the genocide until the day they were martyred. Those who were besieged in hospital plead to be evacuated for several days before they were martyred.

Bombardment of his house and his martyrdom alongside his family

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Dr. Mahmoud and his entire family were martyred as a result of a direct strike on their home in Rafah, to which his children and their families were displaced. Dr. Mahmoud was martyred alongside his wife Raja' (Um Tamer), his son Dr. Tamer al-Khayyat with his wife Dr. Razan and their daughter Rose, his son Basel al-Khayyat with his wife Hadeel and their children Elyaa, Seleen, Mahmoud and 2-month-old Mohammed, and his daughter Hiba al-Khayyat with her four children Omar, Benan, Jenan, and Elyaa. They had fled to their grandfather's house in search of safety.

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)