The Mohammed Yousef El-Najar Hospital ( ar, مستشفى الشهيد أبو يوسف النجار) is a hospital in
Rafah
Rafah ( ar, رفح, Rafaḥ) is a Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip. It is the district capital of the Rafah Governorate, located south of Gaza City. Rafah's population of 152,950 (2014) is overwhelmingly made up of former Palestinian ...
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Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza.. ...
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Palestine
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* State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia
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History
The hospital was established in 2000 by transforming the previous center for primary care at the building.
On 1 August 2014, the building was attacked by
Israel Defense Forces
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...
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During the
2023 Gaza economic protests
In July and August 2023, thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip took to the streets to protest chronic power outages, poor economic conditions in the territory, and Hamas's taxation of stipends to the poor paid by Qatar. The rallies, organiz ...
, Hamas authorities launched an arrest campaign after the outbreak of protests, including raiding the hospital to arrest injured protestors seeking treatment at the hospital.
Architecture
The hospital spans over an area of 4,000 m
2. It has a total of 65 beds and it consists of two operating rooms.
The emergency department has a total of 9 beds.
See also
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List of hospitals in the State of Palestine
This is a list of hospitals in the State of Palestine.
Hospitals in Palestine Hospitals in East Jerusalem
* Augusta Victoria Hospital, Jerusalem: 164 beds; Al-Quds University teaching hospital
* Makassed Hospital, Jerusalem, 250 beds (Al- ...
References
Buildings and structures in the Gaza Strip
Hospitals in the State of Palestine
Rafah
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