The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Monday called on Israel to release a prominent clinician detained in the Gaza Strip.
The director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, Hussam Abu Safia, must be released immediately, Ghebreyesus posted on X.
The hospital is currently out of operation following an Israeli raid, the forced evacuation of patients and medical staff and the director’s arrest, the WHO chief said.
“Hospitals in Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat,” Ghebreyesus wrote.
Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said “more than 240 terrorists” were arrested in the operation at the Kamal Adwan Hospital since Friday.
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Fifteen of them had taken part in the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023, in the Israeli border area, according to the IDF. Another “20 terrorists were eliminated” in the area of the hospital, it said.
Abu Safia is also a suspect, according to IDF spokesman Nadav Shoshani. The director was currently being questioned on suspicion of his possible involvement in terrorist activities, he added.
The army accused Hamas of using the clinic in the north of the Gaza Strip for military purposes and as a hideout.
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