A press release by the Palestinian Ministry of Health- Gaza on the first anniversary of targeting the Ministry of Health headquarters and health centers during the latest aggression on Gaza
On such days last May 2021, the Israeli occupation forces targeted citizens, residential buildings, and health facilities and assassinated entire Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip.
Entire families were killed such as; Doctor Ayman Abu Al-Awf and his family, and Dr. Muin Al-Aloul and his family, bringing the number of families that were completely killed to 28 families, killing 115 people among them, including 52 children and 33 women.
The headquarters of the Ministry of Health and the Health care centers, which include the leading center for primary care, the central laboratory, and the telemedicine team for medical and psychological consultations, which we stand before today, were targeted.
At the time, Dr. Majed Salha was seriously injured while doing his work in his office at Al-Rimal Clinic, and the injury of 20 others in the same target and in other facilities, hens the medical staff was at risk while performing their humanitarian work.
The Ministry of Health demands that human rights institutions provide protection for crews, health facilities, and ambulances, as 111 health institutions were targeted and 89 non-governmental institutions were damaged.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza demands the international community to hold the Israeli occupation accountable for targeting health institutions and cadres.
As we call on health institutions, international organizations, and donor institutions to rebuild what was destroyed by the Israeli occupation and support the health sector.
Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza