Indonesia Hospital (, ) is a hospital located in Bait Lahia,

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Facilities

The hospital has 100 ward beds, 4

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s, and a 10-bed

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. The hospital had 400 staff members employed by the

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, and several volunteers from Indonesia.

History

Construction

Construction of the hospital began in 2011 on 16,000 square meters of land donated by the government of Gaza. The project cost IDR 126 billion and was funded by donations from

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and organizations such as the

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and

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, collected through the Indonesian humanitarian organization Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C). Indonesia's then-

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inaugurated the hospital on 9 January 2016.

Israeli invasion of Gaza

On 20 November 2023, as part of the

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, the IDF completely surrounded and besieged the hospital. That evening, projectiles fired into the second floor killed at least 12 people and destroyed the front entrance. The IDF denied that it was responsible. Israel claims that Hamas fighters were using the hospital for military purposes, although this is disputed. As of December 2023, the occupied building was later turned into an IDF military base. The Indonesian Foreign Minister

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issued the "harshest of condemnations" after the assault. She declared this during a diplomatic visit to

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, who holds the presidency of the

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in November 2023, as an effort to push for a

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grounds. Al Jazeera reported that on Friday, 24 November, Israeli forces attacked the hospital, leaving much of it damaged. A Gaza Health Ministry spokesperson and other reports said the patients and personnel were then evacuated. In June 2024, the hospital reopened to patients as the only medical facility in northern Gaza. In February 2025, an aid worker for

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wrote that Israeli forces who previously occupied the hospital had smashed every medical care machine "to pieces, one by one, to make sure no medical care could be provided anymore".{{Cite news , date=11 February 2025 , title=Aid worker says medical machines appear to have been 'deliberately destroyed' in Gaza hospital – as it happened , url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/11/middle-east-crisis-live-blog-donald-trump-gaza-ceasefire-hostages?page=with:block-67abe2428f08c10b6b80a4bc#block-67abe2428f08c10b6b80a4bc , access-date=12 February 2025 , work=The Guardian , language=en

References

2011 establishments in Palestine Hospitals established in 2011 Hospitals in Palestine Beit Lahia in the Israel–Hamas war Attacks on hospitals during the Gaza war Government buildings completed in 2016 Hospitals disestablished in 2023 2023 disestablishments in Palestine Indonesia–Palestine relations Buildings and structures in the Gaza Strip

Facilities

History

Construction

Israeli invasion of Gaza

See also

References