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More than 1,000 Israeli attacks on healthcare recorded in Gaza, West Bank
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) said the figure amounts to the most reported attacks on healthcare in “any other conflict over a 10-month period on record”.
“More than 1000 attacks on doctors, patients, clinics, and health infrastructure have fuelled a public health catastrophe in the OPT [Occupied Palestinian Territory]. This grim milestone has few if any precedents for the scale and magnitude of attacks on health in the OPT,” said Houssam al-Nahhas, PHR’s Middle East and North Africa researcher.
“These are not only attacks on brick-and-mortar buildings, but acts that take away hospital beds, essential medications, surgeries, and life-saving care from women, men, boys, and girls,” he said.
The New York-based group called for independent investigations into the attacks on healthcare and warned Israel that the moves could constitute a violation of international humanitarian law.
All students in Gaza have now lost one year of education
As of July 30, 2024, all 625,000 enrolled students in the Gaza Strip have lost one full scholastic year, the UN children’s agency (UNICEF) and Save the Children have announced.
Among them are 39,000 students who have missed the tawjihi – or the 12th grade official exams – for the first time in decades, the groups said in a statement. “This means none of them can transition to higher education, and the majority of them may never return to school again,” they said.
