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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

Strikes on the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital facilities

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On October 29, 2023 the Occupation forces bombed and severely damaged the hospital in shelling of its vicinity[5].

On October 30, 2023 the hospital's management appealed to the Turkish government to intervene to protect the hospital and its medical staff. Occupation forces targeted the hospital for the second time, causing severe damage to the hospital and disrupting some of its electromechanical systems.

Jaffa Hospital goes out of service

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Occupation forces bombed the vicinity of the Jaffa Medical Hospital, including directly targeting the Jaffa Mosque located next to it, putting the hospital out of service. The operating, emergency, and surgical departments were severely affected by the attack. At the time, the hospital was one of 12 hospitals in the southern Gazan Strip that continue to function partially. 

Targeting the office of Al-Awda Hospital Director

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The Ministry of Health announced that the Israeli air force directly targeted the office of the director of Al-Awda Hospital, Dr. Muhanna.

And on December 3, 2023 the hospital announced that its clinical capacity was halved as a result of the occupation shelling of buildings adjacent to the hospital, in addition to the martyrdom of three doctors and two paramedics who are directly targeted.

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)