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How a year of war has devastated Gaza’s civilian infrastructure [1]
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Date: 2025-01
Attacks on health care facilities and staff
Over the past year, MSF staff have been forced to leave or evacuate from 14 health structures.
In November 2023, bullets were fired into one of three MSF premises located near Al-Shifa hospital. MSF staff members and their families had been sheltering there for safety amid the intense bombardment. MSF was forced to evacuate Al-Shifa hospital in November following the massive bombardment by Israeli forces, though staff members were able to visit the hospital in January and March. Medical workers were able to provide some services at Al-Shifa hospital until late March, when a 14-day long operation by Israeli forces in and around the facility reduced it to ruins.
On February 13, an Israeli military bulldozer destroyed the north gate of Nasser Hospital and ordered displaced people to leave. Medical staff and patients were told they may remain in the hospital with a limit of one caretaker per patient, but the next day an Israeli shell hit the orthopedic ward, killing one person and wounding eight others. Israeli forces ordered everyone inside Nasser hospital to evacuate and then stormed the hospital early in the morning on February 15. In the days following, patients were evacuated in small groups to several nearby field hospitals. On February 22, the Israeli army withdrew from Nasser hospital and left it severely damaged and unable to function.
As of mid-October, there were more than 500 recorded attacks on health care, including the targeting of an MSF convoy in late November.
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