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{{Short description|Hospital in Gaza Strip, Palestine}}
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{{distinguish|Al Nasr Hospital}}
{{Infobox hospital
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| location = Khan Yunis
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| country = Gaza Strip, [[State of Palestine|Palestine]]
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The '''Nasser Hospital'''{{efn|''Note'': "Nasser" ({{lang-ar| ناصر|link=no}}) and "Nasr" ({{lang-ar|نصر|link=no}}) are close, but different words, sometimes confused in press in the names of hospitals, e.g., [https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/9863269ba9d035261e4ac68761634dca/Israel-Launched-an-Offensive-Against-Gaza/ here].}} (or '''Nasser Medical Complex''') was one of the largest hospitals in the [[Gaza Strip]], [[State of Palestine|Palestine]].
}} ('''Nasser Medical Complex''') is the only remaining hospital in [[Khan Yunis]] in the southern [[Gaza Strip]], and one of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Abdulrahim |first1=Raja |title=Israel Orders Evacuation of Southern Gaza Hospital Where Thousands Are Sheltering |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/world/middleeast/nasser-hospital-evacuate-gaza.html |access-date=15 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=13 February 2024}}</ref>▼
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== History ==▼
During the [[Egyptian occupation of the Gaza Strip]], the Egyptian authorities began work on the Nasser Hospital in 1957, on the site of a quarantine and [[febrile]] disease hospital originally established in army barracks by the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate]] government in the 1940s.<ref>{{cite book |title=Separate and Cooperate, Cooperate and Separate: The Disengagement of the Palestine Health Care System from Israel and Its Emergence as an Independent System |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7AMWP3oI5IUC&q=Rafiq+Husseini&pg=PR3 |first1=Rafiq |last1=Husseini |first2=Tamara |last2=Barnea |year=2002 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=0-275-97583-5}}</ref> The hospital opened its doors in 1960 and was named after Egyptian President [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]]. ▼
In 1972 the hospital was closed for construction to double its capacity from 112 beds. The hospital reopened in February 1974. In December 1984, the Israeli authorities closed down the hospital's [[orthopedic]] department, saying that it was contaminated, and transferred its activities to [[Al-Shifa Hospital]].<ref>{{cite web | author=Palestine Red Crescent Society | title=Health Conditions of the Arab Population in the Occupied Arab Territories, including Palestine | website=United Nations | year=1987 | url=https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-204603/ | access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref>▼
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▲In 1972, the hospital
The hospital was shelled multiple times throughout the war.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Nasser Hospital in Gaza hit twice by Israel in past 48 hours: UNICEF |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/nasser-hospital-in-gaza-hit-twice-by-israel-in-past-48-hours-unicef/3086972 |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=www.aa.com.tr}}</ref> During the war, it received significant international media coverage due to the death of a 13-year-old amputee, Donia Abu Mohsen, who had survived a previous [[Israeli airstrikes|Israeli airstrike]] that had killed her entire family.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Zayara |first=Sami |last2=Shapiro |first2=Emily |date=December 19, 2023 |title=12-year-old girl killed at Gaza hospital weeks after she said, 'I only want ... the war to end' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/12-year-girl-killed-gaza-hospital-weeks-after-interview/story?id=105750059 |work=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Khaled |first=Mai |last2=Saleh |first2=Heba |date=November 29, 2023 |title=Gaza’s children fight to survive amid wreckage of Israel-Hamas war |url=https://www.ft.com/content/55d74061-49c2-4a57-b67d-9daab07509fa |work=Financial Times}}</ref>▼
==Israel–Hamas war==
{{Main|Nasser Hospital siege}}
▲The hospital was shelled multiple times throughout the war.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Nasser Hospital in Gaza hit twice by Israel in past 48 hours: UNICEF |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/nasser-hospital-in-gaza-hit-twice-by-israel-in-past-48-hours-unicef/3086972 |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=www.aa.com.tr}}</ref>
In early 2024, as Israeli forces advanced
As of 23 February 2024, the hospital no longer had food or water and had no oxygen for patients.<ref name=nyt_patil_2.23.24>{{cite news |last1=Patil |first1=Anushka |title=More patients have died at a hospital under Israeli siege in southern Gaza, officials report. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/22/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news/more-patients-have-died-at-a-hospital-under-israeli-siege-in-southern-gaza-officials-report?smid=url-share |access-date=23 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=23 February 2024}}</ref> The [[Gaza Health Ministry]] attributed thirteen patient deaths to the lack of electricity and oxygen at the hospital.<ref name=nyt_patil_2.23.24/> In July 2024, [[Javid Abdelmoneim]], a doctor with [[Médecins Sans Frontières]], reported conditions at the Nasser Hospital, stating, "I've worked in mass casualties around the world and the smell of blood is the same wherever you are. But here in Gaza, the horror really hits home."<ref>{{cite web |title=A day in the life at the last remaining hospital in southern Gaza |url=https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/day-life-last-remaining-hospital-southern-gaza |website=Doctors Without Borders |access-date=3 August 2024}}</ref> In an interview, Abdelmoneim stated that hospital staff were required to prioritize urgent surgeries.<ref>{{cite web |title='Dripping in blood': MSF medic describes horrific aftermath of Israeli attack |url=https://www.news-journal.com/dripping-in-blood-msf-medic-describes-horrific-aftermath-of-israeli-attack/video_fb62d7d6-8776-5bfe-8183-22feaf4595b9.html |website=Longview News-Journal |date=17 July 2024 |publisher=Al Jazeera English |access-date=3 August 2024}}</ref> In July 2024, Doctors Without Borders again warned the Nasser Hospital was at risk as fighting approached.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nasser Hospital must be protected as health facilities cope with a deadly July |url=https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gaza-nasser-hospital-must-be-protected-health-facilities-cope-deadly-july#:~:text=JERUSALEM%2C%20July%2029%2C%202024%20—,the%20evacuation%20of%20the%20hospital |website=Doctors Without Borders |access-date=17 August 2024}}</ref>
===Mass graves===
{{Main|Nasser Hospital mass graves}}
In late April, a mass grave containing nearly 300 bodies was discovered following the withdrawal of Israeli forces earlier in the month, according to Gazan civil defence workers. In regards to the April 2024 reports of mass graves, the IDF has stated that any “claim that the IDF buried Palestinian bodies is baseless and unfounded.” The IDF told CNN that during its operation “in the area of Nasser Hospital, in accordance to the effort to locate hostages and missing persons, corpses buried by Palestinians in the area of Nasser Hospital were examined.” They further stated that “Bodies examined, which did not belong to Israeli hostages, were returned to their place.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Salman |first1=Abeer |last2=Dahman |first2=Ibrahim |last3=Lister |first3=Tim |date=2024-04-22 |title=More than 300 bodies found in mass grave at Gaza hospital, says Gaza Civil Defense |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/22/middleeast/khan-younis-nasser-hospital-mass-grave-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
==See also==▼
* [[List of hospitals in the State of Palestine]]▼
==Notes==
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▲==See also==
▲*[[List of hospitals in the State of Palestine]]
==References==
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[[Category:1960 establishments in Asia]]
[[Category:2024 disestablishments in the State of Palestine]]
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[[Category:Hospitals in Khan Yunis]]
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