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New SHCC Report: Health Care in the oPt Faced Unprecedented Levels of Violence in 2024
The Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) identified 1,361 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) in 2024, compared to 1,170 in 2023. In the Gaza Strip, where 940 incidents were recorded, there was a 22% increase from 2023, when 770 incidents were recorded. In these incidents, at least 218 health workers were killed and 192 arrested. Health facilities were damaged or destroyed at least 192 times and raided or occupied multiple times. Using different methods, other sources report far higher numbers of health workers killed. According to Healthcare Workers Watch, 1,200 health workers have been killed since October 2023.
In the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the recorded incidents doubled to 418 incidents in 2024, compared to 208 in 2023. In these incidents, 80 health workers were arrested, 75 injured and eight killed, and health facilities were damaged or destroyed at least 13 times and raided 21 times. Access to health care was blocked or delayed at least 272 times, which left patients without access to medical treatment, proving fatal in some circumstances