Needham for Palestine

Hospitals

International law forbids the targeting of hospitals in military conflict.1 Below are hospitals destroyed by Israel in Gaza since October 7, 2023.

Hospital Location Date
Nasser Medical Complex2 Khan Younis Feb 14, 2024
Al-Shifa Medical Complex3 Gaza City Mar–Apr 2024
Kamal Adwan Hospital4 Beit Lahia, North Gaza Dec 27, 2024
Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital5 Al-Mughraqa, south of Gaza City Mar 21, 2025
Al-Ahli Arab Hospital6 Gaza City Apr 13, 2025
Mohammed Al-Durra Children’s Hospital7 Gaza City Apr 23, 2025
European Gaza Hospital8 Khan Younis May 13, 2025
Indonesian Hospital9 Beit Lahia, North Gaza May 16–18, 2025
Hamad Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics10 North Gaza May 19, 2025
Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital11 Gaza City Sep 16, 2025

Forced to close

These hospitals closed during Israeli military operations nearby. Sources report the closures but not a direct attack on the hospital itself.

Hospital Location Date
Ophthalmic Hospital12 Gaza City Sep 2025
St. John Eye Hospital13 Gaza City Sep 2025

Sources

  1. ICRC, Geneva Convention IV (1949), Article 18: “Civilian hospitals organized to give care to the wounded and sick, the infirm and maternity cases, may in no circumstances be the object of attack.” ↩
  2. WHO Health Cluster, “Restoration of critical health services at Nasser Medical Complex”, May 6, 2024. ↩
  3. WHO, “Six months of war leave Al-Shifa hospital in ruins, WHO mission reports”, April 6, 2024. ↩
  4. WHO, “Kamal Adwan Hospital out of service following a raid yesterday and repeated attacks since October”, December 28, 2024. ↩
  5. UN OCHA, “Humanitarian Situation Update #275, Gaza Strip”, March 25, 2025. ↩
  6. United Nations in Palestine, “Israeli attack puts Gaza City hospital out of service”, April 15, 2025. ↩
  7. UN OCHA, “Gaza Humanitarian Response Update, 13–26 April 2025”; Arab News, “Israeli strikes put Gaza’s Al-Durrah Children’s Hospital out of service”, April 24, 2025. ↩
  8. UN OCHA, “Gaza Humanitarian Response Update, 11–24 May 2025”. ↩
  9. UN OCHA, “Humanitarian Situation Update #290, Gaza Strip”, May 21, 2025. ↩
  10. Anadolu Agency, “Israeli artillery targets Qatar-funded hospital in Gaza”, May 20, 2025; WHO, “Health system at breaking point as hostilities further intensify, WHO warns”, May 22, 2025. ↩
  11. UN Geneva, “Gaza healthcare attacks – WHO”, September 26, 2025. ↩
  12. UN News, “Gaza: Four more hospitals shut amid ongoing Israeli offensive”, September 26, 2025. ↩
  13. UN News, “Gaza: Four more hospitals shut amid ongoing Israeli offensive”, September 26, 2025; St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group, “Israel-Gaza Hostilities – Update Bulletin”, September 15, 2025 update (staff instructed to comply with Israeli evacuation orders). ↩