Shifa Hospital Stories

At least 21 children die of hunger in 3 days as Gaza starvation death toll passes 100
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 22, 2025

The crisis continues to deepen as humanitarian aid remains severely restricted, with widespread shortages of food, clean water, and collapsing medical...

Death toll from Israel strike on Gaza cafe rises to 34: sources
XINHUA  |  Jul 01, 2025

Palestinian security officials and eyewitnesses told Xinhua that an Israeli aircraft fired at least one missile at the site.

Israel, Hamas, Sudan warring parties added to UN blacklist of child offenders
Mary Wambui  |  Jun 12, 2024

The report verified the killing of 2,267 Palestinian children mostly in Gaza between October 7 and December 31, 2023, adding that most were caused by...

Rights expert condemns death of Palestinian doctor in Israeli custody
United Nations  |  May 18, 2024

Dr Adnan Al Bursh, 50, the head of the orthopaedic department at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, died on April 19, 2024, in Ofer prison, a detention f...

Palestinian authorities seek probe into mass graves at Gaza hospitals
Reuters  |  Apr 25, 2024

UN rights chief said on Tuesday he was "horrified" by the destruction of the Nasser and Al Shifa medical facilities and by the reports of the mass gra...

Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office
UN News  |  Apr 23, 2024

The development follows the recovery of hundreds of bodies “buried deep in the ground and covered with waste” over the weekend at Nasser Hospital in K...

Death and ruins at Gaza's shattered Al-Shifa hospital after two-week battle
AFP  |  Apr 02, 2024

Further raising regional tensions during the Gaza war, Israeli air strikes destroyed an Iranian embassy consular annex in Syria, Damascus and Tehran s...

Gaza: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease and hunger
UN News  |  Mar 23, 2024

To reach the north from the south, aid teams have to pass through Israeli military checkpoints that cut the Strip in two.

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