"Medicide" is a term that is originally from the word 'medical-cide' to describe physician-assisted suicide. It is a method used in euthanasia.

In a UN report from August 13, 2025, Tlaleng Mofokeng, Special Rapporteur on the right to health and Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, were quoted as saying:

'As human beings and UN experts, we cannot remain silent about the war crimes committed before our eyes in Gaza. In addition to bearing witness to an ongoing genocide, we are also bearing witness to a ‘medicide,’ a sinister component of the intentional creation of conditions calculated to destroy Palestinians in Gaza which constitutes an act of genocide.'

However, "medicide" is not a recognized term in international law, as the International Humanitarian Law already focuses on the protection of hospitals, medical personnel, medical units, and medical transports. It distinguishes between combatants and medical personnel, who are protected from attack. Medical personnel are not considered legitimate targets.

The first hospital that the Israelis attacked was the Al-Ahly Baptist Hospital in  Zeitoun, Gaza City on October 17, 2023. The attack killed 500 people and became the first massacre committed by the Israelis. Pro-Israelis and Israelis came with two claims, that Hamas wanted to fire a rocket from the compound but failed, and Hamas fired a rocket to target the hospital. Both claims were found false. It was a Hellfire missile fired from an Israeli Apache helicopter. However, the next day, the Israelis struck the vicinity of the Al-Wafa Hospital also in Gaza City. Five days later, the Israelis launched a propaganda campaign to claim that Hamas uses hospitals. The case of the Al-Shifa Hospital is the most known.

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