Gaza Health Ministry
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The Gaza Health Ministry (GHM) is responsible for managing healthcare and medical services in the Gaza Strip. It operates under the jurisdiction of the territory's Hamas government, which is independent of the Palestinian National Authority, and was headquartered in Gaza City before the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war in October 2023.
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Formed | 2007; 17 years ago (2007) |
Jurisdiction | Government of Hamas |
Headquarters | Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine |
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The health ministry's casualty reports have received significant attention during the course of the Gaza–Israel conflict. Its numbers have historically been considered reliable by the United Nations, the World Health Organization, Human Rights Watch.[1][2][3] While there were claims of irregularities in the data during the Israel-Hamas war, two scientific studies published in The Lancet journal did not find evidence of inflation or fabrication.