Across war zones, targeting healthcare has become a strategy, not an accident

Across war zones, targeting healthcare has become a strategy, not an accident

Deliberate attacks on healthcare are becoming a hallmark of modern warfare — and a test of international lawOriginally published on Global VoicesScreenshot from documentary titled Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital revisited, uploaded to YouTube by Al Jazeera English. Fair use. The bodies of 15 Palestinian rescue workers were recently discovered in Gaza, showing signs of execution-style killings. According to doctors on the ground, the workers were found …

Hundreds of doctors and health workers from various professional organizations and humanitarian institutions held a peaceful demonstration entitled Protect Them: Protect Health Workers and Humanitarian Volunteers in Gaza.

Naming the crime in Gaza: The systematic destruction of Gaza’s healthcare infrastructure - Transforming Society

In early 2025, Israel’s ongoing destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system was exposed as 'medelacide', the deliberate targeting of medical infrastructure.