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Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital Strike

Hospital Attack · 2023-10-17 · Current genocide (2023 to present)

2023-10-17
Date
Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, Gaza City
Location
471
Deaths
342
Injured
Location, thenAl-Ahli Arab Hospital, Gaza City
Location, nowAl-Ahli Arab Hospital, Gaza City
PerpetratorsIsraeli Airstrikes (disputed)

Summary

Explosion at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital compound where thousands of displaced Palestinians were sheltering. Massive casualties in hospital courtyard.

War crimes

Attack on medical facility
Targeting of protected site
Civilian deaths
Attack on displaced persons

Sources

Gaza Health Ministry
Human Rights Watch Investigation
UN OCHA
Multiple witness testimonies

All documented events