Israeli army raids Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza, detains director

GAZA CITY, Palestine

The Israeli army raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza on Friday, detaining its director for questioning, according to a Palestinian official.

“Israeli forces invaded the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza and ordered its director Hussam Abu Safiya to go to the hospital garden to meet the commander of the (Israeli) invading force for questioning,” said Maher Shamiyeh, Gaza’s assistant undersecretary for health. ministry, Anadolu said.

Shamiyeh said the Israeli army is holding all patients and medical staff in a room at the hospital, without any information about their fate.

The Israeli army has arrested dozens of Palestinians evacuated from hospital, forcing them to strip down to their boxer shorts and gather in an open area in cold weather.

Shamiyeh urged international organizations and the UN “to intervene immediately to protect healthcare workers and patients, and to put pressure on the Israeli army to withdraw from hospitals in northern Gaza. ”

Earlier, the Health Ministry said it had lost contact with healthcare staff at Kamal Adwan Hospital after the Israeli army raid.

In an earlier statement, the Israeli military claimed that its forces are “operating in the area of ​​Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalia, based on intelligence information regarding the presence of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure in the area.”

Israel has continued a devastating offensive on Gaza since an attack last October by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire.

More than 42,800 people, mostly women and children, have been killed and more than 100,500 others injured since then, according to local health authorities.

The Israeli attack has displaced almost the entire population of the area, amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine.

Israel is facing a genocide case at the International Court of Justice over its actions in Gaza.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar

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