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Attacks on health care are on track to hit a record high in 2023. Can it be stopped?

December 13, 20235:11 AM ET
Enlarge this imageAn Israeli air strike damaged this ambulance in front of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on November 3. Israel said the vehicle was “identified … as being used by a Hamas terrorist cell” and that a “number of Hamas terrorist operatives were killed.” Hamas denied the presence of fighters in the ambulance convoy, calling the claims “baseless.”

Momen Al-Halabi AFP via Getty Images

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An Israeli air strike damaged this ambulance in front of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on November 3. Israel said the vehicle was “identified … as being used by a Hamas terrorist cell” and that a “number of Hamas terrorist operatives were killed.” Hamas denied the presence of fighters in the ambulance convoy, calling the claims “baseless.”

Momen Al-Halabi AFP via Getty Images

The year 2022 set a grim record — 1,989 attacks on health-care facilities and their personnel, the worst..

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