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Statistics
Attacks and restrictions on medical personnel and the right to
health care
To read the relevant Articles in international humanitarian
law applying to
attacks and restrictions on medical personnel and hospitals
and on the right of civilians to receive health care, click
here.
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17
on-duty medical personnel have been killed by the Israeli army during the
intifada. At least 206 have been injured. Palestinian paramedics have
also been arrested, beaten, and used as human shields on numerous occasions.
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10
Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulances have been destroyed and 80%
of its ambulance fleet has been damaged. During Israeli attacks on Palestinian
cities, Israeli forces have shelled and raided hospitals and clinics,
including Ramallah, Bethlehem, Hebron, and al-Bireh resulting in destruction
of medical equipment and disruption of health care for patients.
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At least 43
Palestinians have died during the al-Aqsa intifada due to delayed or
obstructed access to medical care at Israeli checkpoints. In over a dozen
cases, women have been forced to give birth at checkpoints, resulting in at
least 5 stillbirths. A number of wounded Palestinians have died after
Israeli forces refused to allow medical personnel access to them.
[Last updated 12 March 2003]
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