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Nasser Hospital siege

Nasser Hospital siege is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Nasser Hospital siege rather than just read about it. In short: During the Gaza war, the Nasser Hospital faced multiple attacks, including a siege and raid in January and February 2024. The hospital siege by Israeli forces created severe shortages of food, anesthesia, and painkillers.

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Reference excerpt

During the Gaza war, the Nasser Hospital faced multiple attacks, including a siege and raid in January and February 2024. The hospital siege by Israeli forces created severe shortages of food, anesthesia, and painkillers. Reports emerged of Israeli snipers targeting individuals outside the hospital. Despite international calls for restraint, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ordered the evacuation of displaced people inside the hospital on 13 February 2024. On 15 February, Israeli soldiers raided the hospital. The hospital had completely ceased functioning by March 2024. However, in 2025, the hospital resumed medical services.

Background The Nasser Hospital was attacked multiple times during the Israel-Hamas War prior to the start of the siege. An Israeli shooting at the maternity ward of the hospital on 17 December 2023 killed a girl and wounded three others. The girl was a 13-year-old amputee, Donia Abu Mohsen, who had survived a previous Israeli airstrike that had killed her entire family. In late-December 2023, Richard Peeperkorn, a World Health Organization representative, stated 4,000 displaced internally displaced people were at risk as the Israeli military pursued operations at the hospital. NBC News had been following a doctor in the hospital since December 2023 and documenting his work with the patients. By the end of January 2024, there were only five physicians left in the hospital, with the others having fled or been killed. A doctor at the hospital told reporters that the hospital was filled with patients and the staff were overworked, stating "We cannot make rounds on patients. We cannot move between beds." According to the IDF's chief spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, the determination to raid the facility was based on interrogations of militants who had been arrested or surrendered in the area, and freed hostages. The information reportedly led the IDF to believe that Israeli hostages had been previously held in the facility. During a CNN interview in mid-January, a released hostage, Sharon Aloni Cunio, had raised allegations that she, her children and dozens of other hostages were held in the hospital. However, CNN had been unable to independently verify this and Hamas quickly issued a denial. Also former hostage Ilana Gritzewsky testified before the United Nations Security Council that she and other hostages were kept captive inside Nasser Hospital. On 14 February, the IDF stated that Nasser was being used to hold Israeli hostages.

Siege In early 2024, as Israeli forces advanced deeper south, bombardment of the areas around the Nasser Hospital intensified. This sparked worries that the hospital may be forced to shut down. A doctor at Nasser stated that the hospital was surrounded by Israeli tanks, bulldozers, quadcopters, and snipers. On 26 January 2024, the Health Ministry stated Nasser hospital was out of food, anesthetics, and painkillers due to an Israeli siege, stating, "There are 150 health personnel, 350 patients, and hundreds of displaced families in the Nasser Medical Complex in catastrophic conditions of starvation, targeting, and lack of treatment". On 27 January, Al Jazeera journalist Hani Mahmoud stated people at Nasser were experiencing "exactly what happened ... when the largest facilities like al-Shifa Hospital and the Indonesian Hospital came under attack." Since late January 2024 the hospital had been unable to send patients to other hospitals due to lack of resources, causing some doctors in the hospital to use WhatsApp to ask specialists for information. A 40-year-old woman was killed by an Israeli sniper outside the hospital on 7 February. On 8 February, a doctor was shot and wounded while working in the operating room. A drone strike killed one person and wounded several others the same day. Paramedics were unable to leave the hospital due to Israeli snipers. On 9 February, Israeli snipers outside the hospital were shooting at "every moving object". 21 people were killed while trying to reach the hospital. An incident recorded and circulated online showed a doctor risking her life to save a young man wounded by Israeli snipers at the hospital gate. Doctors Without Borders stated on 10 February that Israeli forces were firing at people inside the hospital. Israeli tank and artillery fire hit the upper floor of the hospital. A man was killed by an Israeli sniper on 11 February on hospital grounds. Seven people in the hospital were killed by Israeli snipers on 12 February. Israeli forces besieged the hospital again on 24 March 2024. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported "very intense shelling". A witness reported a carpet bombing, stating the land around the hospital was "shaking as if it were an earthquake". On 26 March, the Gaza Health Ministry reported "violent raids" near the hospital "in preparation for its storming". Several people were killed or wounded as the IDF raided the hospital on 27 March, while some medical staff and civilians seeking shelter in the hospital were arrested. The IDF withdrew from the hospital on 7 April.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Nasser Hospital siege

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Nasser Hospital siege claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Nasser Hospital siege before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Nasser Hospital siege ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Nasser Hospital siege

In research: Nasser Hospital siege appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Nasser Hospital siege in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Nasser Hospital siege is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2024 conflicts, 2024 in Palestine, 2024 in military history, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Nasser Hospital siege outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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