Insecurity Insight monitors attacks on health care in Israel.

Based on Insecurity Insight data, the Israel chapter of the 2023 Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition report identified at least 33 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in Israel in 2023. In these incidents, at least 22 first responders and hospital staff were killed while offering care to individuals wounded in the Hamas attacks of October 7. The full chapter is accessible here.

Our data can be explored visually using our interactive map: Attacked and Threatened: Health Care at Risk.