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Palestinian Ministry of Health: — Daily Briefing of the Palestinian Ministry of Health | 2024/10/15 Several paramedics were injured in an "israeli" airstrike targeting ambulances while evacuating the wounded in the Al-Mawasi area west of Rafah, as well as in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Dr. Ahmed Taleb Al-Najjar was martyred while attempting to save the injured in the Al-Faluja area, northern Gaza Strip. For the eleventh consecutive day, hospitals in northern Gaza remain under siege, with an increasing need for medicine, supplies, and food for patients and medical staff trapped in the hospitals. The Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital continues to provide services to (blood and cancer patients) through the adjacent field hospital on the northern side of the European Hospital. The General Directorate of Human Resource Development at the Ministry of Health announced the commencement of the professional licensing exam starting on October 21, lasting for three consecutive days. The second dose of the vaccination campaign continues for the second day in the central governorate in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and UNRWA. In the last 24 hours, Ministry of Health hospitals received 55 martyrs and 329 injuries. Palestinian Ministry of Health October 15, 2024