Israel army detains Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza Strip

The Israeli army has detained Ahmed Al-Kahlout, the Director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, along with all medical staff inside the facility, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports.

The Israeli forces subjected the medical staff to

interrogation under threat inside the emergency department of the hospital

said Ministry spokesperson, Ashraf Al-Qudra.

The army, on Tuesday, 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 medical staff, in the hospital courtyard, he said, expressing fear that they would be “arrested or liquidated”.

We urge the UN, World Health Organisation 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.

Israel has bombarded the Gaza Strip from the air and land, imposed a siege and mounted a ground offensive in retaliation for a cross-border attack by Hamas on 7 October.

At least 18,412 Palestinians have been killed and 50,100 others injured in the Israeli onslaught since then, according to Gaza’s health authorities.

The Israeli death toll in the Hamas attack stood at 1,200, while nearly 139 hostages remained in captivity, according to official figures.

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