Assaults on health care in conflicts around the world reached new levels of horror in
2024, exceeding 3,600 incidents, 15% more than in 2023. They consisted of air, missile,
and drone strikes; shelling; tank fire; shootings; arson; the looting and takeover of
health facilities; and the arrest and detention of health workers. As the descriptions in
this report show, each incident brings terror, trauma, and – in too many cases – injury,
untreated illness, destruction and death.