Health sector

The only orthopedic Doctor in Northern Gaza killed by IOF quadcopter

Thursday-12-December-2024

The only orthopedic doctor in northern Gaza was martyred on Thursday in a direct strike by an Israeli drone, while the toll from the ongoing genocide in Gaza has risen to 44,835 martyrs.

GMO holds Israel and its allies responsible for collapse of health sector in northern Gaza

Thursday-31-October-2024

The Government Media Office (GMO) has held the Israeli occupation regime, its supporters and the global health system fully responsible for the collapse of the health sector in the northern Gaza Strip and for the horrifying disaster that has afflicted the health services in general.

UN rapporteur calls for the protection of health-care workers in Gaza, West Bank

Tuesday-24-September-2024

The Special Rapporteur on human rights, Tlaleng Mofokeng, has called for the protection of health-care workers in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Impact of the Israeli war of genocide on the health sector in Gaza

Wednesday-14-August-2024

Israel continues its attacks on hospitals, ambulances, and even civilians seeking shelter within Gaza’s medical facilities as part of its ongoing war of genocide on the coastal enclave.

Iyad Al-Rantisi, doctor from Gaza, tortured to death in Israeli prisons

Wednesday-19-June-2024

Dr. Iyad Al-Rantisi had been tortured to death in Shikma Investigation Center of the Israeli Internal Security Service “Shin Bet” in Ashkelon Prison, only six days after had been arrested from the Gaza Strip on November 11, the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz has recently revealed.

Health ministry warns of imminent collapse of Gaza’s entire health system

Monday-13-May-2024

The Palestinian health ministry in the Gaza Strip has warned that the besieged Palestinian territory's healthcare system is "hours away" from collapse after the Israeli occupation army has blocked fuel shipments through border crossings.

Gaza: Israeli army deliberately destroyed the health sector

Thursday-18-April-2024

The Palestinian health ministry has accused the Israeli occupation army of deliberately destroying the health sector in Gaza City and northern Gaza, stressing that the Israeli destruction of the Shifa Hospital dealt a severe blow to the health system in the Gaza Strip.

Euro-Med: WHO may have facilitated doctors’ abduction in Gaza

Saturday-25-November-2023

Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has called for an immediate and comprehensive inquiry into the Israeli arrest of Palestinian medical staf during al-Shifa hospital evacuation process to southern Gaza in coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO).

Health Ministry stops coordination with WHO until detainees released

Thursday-23-November-2023

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza on Thursday held the Israeli occupation forces fully responsible for the lives and safety of the doctors who were detained on Wednesday.

MoH announces 72-hour countdown to health services shutdown

Saturday-6-August-2022

The Palestinian ministry of health in Gaza on Saturday announced the start of a 72-hour countdown to the shutdown of health services due to the suspension of the power plant in the Gaza Strip adding that the next hours are critical and tough.