{"id":83467,"date":"2023-11-23T12:40:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T12:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/director-of-al-shifa-hospital-in-gaza-city-arrested-hamas-says-world-news\/"},"modified":"2023-11-23T12:40:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T12:40:36","slug":"director-of-al-shifa-hospital-in-gaza-city-arrested-hamas-says-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/director-of-al-shifa-hospital-in-gaza-city-arrested-hamas-says-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Director of al Shifa hospital in Gaza City arrested, Hamas says | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The director of Gaza’s largest hospital has been arrested, the Hamas-run health ministry has said.<\/p>\n

Dr Muhammad Abu Salmiya, who heads al Shifa hospital in Gaza City, has been detained along with “some of the medical staff”, a spokesman said.<\/p>\n

Hamas said it “strongly condemned” his arrest, describing it as “nothing less than despicable” and “lacking any sense of humanity and morals”.<\/p>\n

The group said it was a “flagrant violation of international norms and charters” given there are “obligations to ensure that medical personnel are never harmed, including in times of war”.<\/p>\n

Hamas is calling on international bodies including the Red Cross and World Health Organisation (WHO) to evacuate the remaining patients from al Shifa.<\/p>\n

It is also asking them to secure Dr Salmiya’s release, along with the medical personnel who were “arrested simply for continuing to fulfil their humanitarian duty”, it said.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the WHO described al Shifa as a “death zone” after medical experts visited the besieged facility.<\/p>\n

Only 291 patients remained, it said, alongside 25 health workers.<\/p>\n

Dr Salmiya’s arrest has not been confirmed by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF).<\/p>\n

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Gaza tunnels footage explained<\/span>
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The development follows the discovery of what Israel claims is a 55-metre tunnel beneath the 20 acre complex, <\/strong>which it says Hamas has been using for military purposes.<\/p>\n

At one end it contains a blast door with a firing whole, according to the IDF.<\/p>\n

At another entrance troops found a bathroom, a kitchen and an air conditioned meeting room, the IDF added.<\/p>\n

Hamas used the hospital as a “human shield”, said Colonel Elad Tsuri, commander of an Israeli armoured brigade that discovered the tunnel.<\/p>\n

Air conditioning means they were able to “stay for a long time”, he added.<\/p>\n

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Gaza on verge of major disease outbreak, WHO warns<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Israel shows ‘tunnel complex’<\/span>
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The IDF claims to have uncovered and destroyed 400 Hamas tunnels inside Gaza since it launched its ground operations.<\/p>\n

It claims many of the shafts leading to a tunnel network are “located within civilian hospitals, schools and homes”.<\/p>\n

Israel has long accused Hamas of using civilian infrastructure including hospitals as command centres – something the group denies.<\/p>\n

Claims on the number of destroyed tunnels are unverified.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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