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Attacks on health care were relentless in 2025. Using data collected by Insecurity Insight, the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) recorded 2,546 incidents in 33 countries in which damage to or the destruction of health care facilities was reported on at least 790 occasions, 455 health workers were killed, 218 kidnapped and 263 arrested

Using data collected by Insecurity Insight, the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) identified190 incidentsof violence against or obstruction of health care across the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 2025. Health workers were arrested, threatened, or injured; health facilities were damaged, violently raided, or surrounded; and ambulances and emergency medical teams were repeatedly delayed,…

For 10 years, attacks on health care have continued despite global commitments to protect patients and medical workers. Médecins du Monde’s new report documents 223 attacks affecting its operations across conflict settings, revealing the devastating human toll and the growing erosion of humanitarian access. For a broader picture of the global pattern of violence against…