Health officials say Israeli forces detain director of north Gaza hospital

Gaza health officials said on Saturday that Israeli forces detained the director of a hospital in the north, which the World Health Organization said was put out of service by an Israeli raid.

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Civilians check the site of an Israeli strike in Jabalia, in the central Gaza Strip, on December 27, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. Palestinian sources said that Israeli strikes in Gaza on December 26, killed at least 45 people including hospital workers and journalists for a militant-linked broadcaster. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

2024-12-28 13:07:06

Gaza health officials said on Saturday that Israeli forces detained the director of a hospital in the north, which the World Health Organization said was put out of service by an Israeli raid.

"The occupation forces have taken dozens of the medical staff from Kamal Adwan Hospital to a detention centre for interrogation, including the director, Hossam Abu Safiyeh," the health ministry in Gaza said in a statement.

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