GAZA, (PIC)
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained Ahmed al-Kahlout, the director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, along with all medical staff inside the facility, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Tuesday evening.
The Israeli forces subjected the medical staff to “interrogation under threat inside the emergency department of the hospital,” said ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra.
Five doctors and the female health personnel were released, while more than 70 medical staff were arrested and taken to an unknown detention center, he added.
The IOF stormed the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip after besieging it for several days, according to al-Qudra.
The Israeli army assembled Palestinian men, including the health staff, in the hospital courtyard, he said, expressing fear that they would be “arrested or liquidated.”
“We urge the UN, World Health Organization and Red Cross to act immediately to save the people inside the hospital and to protect them,” al-Qudra said.
On Monday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said the Israeli army slapped a siege on the hospital in Beit Lahia city.
Since Oct. 7, the Israeli occupation has bombarded the Gaza Strip from the air and land, imposed a tight siege, and mounted a ground offensive.
At least 18,412 Palestinians have been killed and 50,100 others injured in the Israeli onslaught since then, according to the health authorities.
