Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital

Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital (مستشفى شهداء الأقصى الحكومي) is a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Palestine.

Shuhada was founded in 2001. As of 2018, it was one of fifteen public hospitals in the Gaza Strip.

It is managed by UNRWA, The Ministry of Health and various NGOs. The hospital served an estimated 18,000 patients each month until recently. According to The Ministry of Health, the hospital's emergency department had over 11,000 visits. In 2018, the hospital had 166 beds.

History
Caught in the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the hospital has both been targeted and faced repercussions of nearby targeting from the IDF. In 2014, several shells hit the hospital's intensive care unit in an IDF bombing campaign that was targeting anti-tank missiles in the area. Four Palestinians were killed, and an estimated forty others were injured. During the 2023 Israel-Hamas war, the hospital faced immense overcrowding. IDF airstrikes in Deir al-Balah and around the hospital resulted in hundreds of deaths and injuries.

2023 Israel-Hamas War
In June 2024, the situation at the hospital was said to be "something above emergency", as the hospital ran out of fuel.