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Al-Ahli Arab Hospital

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Al-Ahli had a urology department. In 1985, Al-Ahli commenced its dental and ophthalmology departments, and had a large burn unit. By June 1987, there were redevelopment funds secured from a German charity, which included support for a new building, as well as plans to lease hospital land to local
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As of February 2024, Al-Ahli Hospital was functioning at 30 per cent capacity and operated 100 per cent on solar power. The World Health Organization arrived at Al-Ahli in March 2024, bringing trauma supplies and fuel. In July 2024, the hospital was forcibly closed and evacuated, leading to
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The hospital is the only Christian hospital in the Gaza Strip and Gaza's only cancer hospital. It normally handles around 300 surgeries and 600 radiological and a total of 3,000 outpatient visits per month. It is supported by international charities such as
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on 14 October 2023, the hospital's Diagnostic Cancer Treatment Centre was damaged by Israeli rockets, causing four hospital staff members to be injured and severely damaging two of its upper floors, with the
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Three days later, on the evening of 17 October, an explosion occurred in the courtyard which was housing thousands of displaced people as a result of the war. According to preliminary tolls by the
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concluded that the cause of the explosion was likely a misfired Palestinian rocket. Human Rights Watch stated that the available evidence made an Israeli airstrike "highly unlikely".
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of land and planned to allocate two of them to develop commercially, of which one fourth of the generated income would be used to construct a new multi-story hospital building.
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transformed the hospital's daily operations during the Intifada's first year to "manage the increasing number of casualties". In 1996, in response to a
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Gaza: Findings on October 17 al-Ahli Hospital Explosion - Evidence Points to Misfired Rocket but Full Investigation Needed
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operated the hospital. The Baptist society left in 1982, and an international alliance of donors that included
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developers for a shopping center to provide an additional funding stream. The hospital had five
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The hospital has been in operation since 1882. It was established in what was then the
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Brown, Paul; Cheetham, Joshua; Seddon, Sean; Palumbo, Daniele (18 October 2023).
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teams estimated over 300 people had been killed. An independent analysis by
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neighborhood in the south of the city, and it is managed by the
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According to the Anglican Communion News Service, at 7:30 p.m.
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American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem
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Boorstein, Michelle; Brasch, Ben (17 October 2023).
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Index

Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem
Gaza City
Gaza Strip
Palestine
Coordinates
31°30′18″N 34°27′41″E / 31.5049°N 34.4615°E / 31.5049; 34.4615
Funding
Non-profit hospital
Type
General
Anglican
Arabic
lit.
Gaza City
Zeitoun
Episcopal Church in Jerusalem
Christian
Ottoman Empire
medical mission
Anglican Church
Church Missionary Society
Anglo-Egyptian War
Foreign Mission Board
Southern Baptist Convention
Arabic
Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem
Embrace the Middle East
1948 Arab–Israeli War
occupation of the Gaza Strip by Egypt
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society

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