Minister of Health Majed Abu Ramadan condemned the occupation forces’ targeting of the Ministry of Health cadres, as five cadres were killed and others were injured, as a result of the occupation’s bombing this morning in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Minister of Health added in a statement on Saturday evening that this deliberate targeting is added to the series of crimes and violence practiced by the occupation against health workers in various specialties, as well as treatment centers and ambulances.

He said: The occupation is ignoring all international laws and humanitarian laws that prohibit targeting all workers in the humanitarian health field.

Abu Ramadan explained that Palestine has lost more than 990 health workers since the beginning of the occupation's aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7, including doctors, specialists, nurses, supporting medical professionals, administrators and paramedics. The occupation forces have also arrested more than 300 workers, destroyed many hospitals and put them out of service. The occupation's bombing has also led to the shutdown of 130 ambulances, in addition to hundreds of violations against the entire health system in the West Bank.

The Ministry of Health renewed its appeals to the international community and international humanitarian and health organizations, and urgently sent letters to the International Red Cross and the World Health Organization, demanding increased pressure on the occupation authorities to stop the aggression immediately, open the crossings to allow the entry of various forms of health support, and allow the exit of hundreds of patients and wounded who suffer from critical health conditions.