17 hospitals, 56 primary healthcare facilities and 45 ambulances were damaged or destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza last year.  This included the complete destruction of Al Wafa, Gaza's only rehabilitation hospital, and an attack on the Mebarret Al Rahma Centre for People with Disabilities.  Many health workers, many of them ambulance drivers, were also killed while on duty treating, transporting or trying to reach the injured.

New data revealed in the report show that 511 of the 2,217 Palestinians killed last summer died without ever receiving medical assistance, due to obstruction of ambulances trying to reach the wounded or carry them to hospitals.

Medical Aid for Palestinians has been working in the West Bank and Gaza for over 20 years.

Palestinians in illegally occupied Palestine face regular threats to life, liberty and security, as a result of conflict-related and settler violence, restrictions on the movement of people and goods, and the acceleration of demolition orders on homes and infrastructure.

A widespread protection crisis pervades occupied Palestine, as disregard for human dignity, persistent violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, limited access to essential services, and entrenched food.