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Mohammed Abu Selmia, the director of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, was taken into custody in late November as he took part in an effort to evacuate patients from the hospital, which at the time was under siege by the Israeli military.
A Palestinian health official says Israel released 55 Palestinians on Monday whom it had detained from Gaza, including the director of the territory’s main hospital. Mohammed Abu Selmia was released without charge or trial,
The order suggests Khan Younis will be the latest target of Israel’s raids into parts of Gaza it had previously invaded in the war, as it pursues regrouping Hamas militants.
Mohammad Abu Salmiya, the director of Gaza’s largest hospital, was taken into custody in late November during an Israeli military raid on the facility.
Israeli forces had detained Al-Shifa hospital boss Mohammed Abu Selmia and said Hamas was using the facility as a commander center.
Israel released Mohammed Abu Selmia, the director of Gaza's Shifa Hospital, after holding him without charge or trial over allegations the facility was used as a Hamas command center.
The Israelis had sought to link the hospital director to Hamas operations at Al-Shifa, and his release after seven months without charges prompted extensive finger-pointing.
El ejército israelí ordenó el lunes a los palestinos que desalojen gran parte de Jan Yunis, una señal de que es probable que las tropas israelíes lancen un nuevo asalto terrestre en la segunda ciudad más grande de la Franja de Gaza.
Israel has released the director of Gaza's main hospital after holding him for seven months without charge or trial over allegations the facility had been used as a Hamas command centre.
In video comments aired by Palestinian media following his release, Abu Selmia accused Israeli authorities of mistreating Palestinian detainees, saying they are "subjected to daily physical and psychological humiliation”.
Israel has issued an evacuation order for Palestinians in parts of Khan Younis and surrounding areas, an order that may indicate Israel is planning to target the southern Gaza city for another offensive,
Israeli officials released Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital chief from prison, seemingly without charge, seven months after he was accused of working with Hamas, sparking outrage after officials suggested he was freed due to a prison cell shortage.
By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, SAMY MAGDY and JULIA FRANKEL July 01, 2024 at 11:53 am EDT KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — (AP) — The Israeli army has ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians from the eastern half of Khan Younis.
The release of Mohammed Abu Selmia without charge or trial raised further questions about Israel’s allegations regarding al-Shifa Hospital, which its forces have raided on two occasions.
Israel has released the director of Gaza’s main hospital after holding him for seven months without charge or trial over allegations the facility had been used as a Hamas command center. Mohammed Abu Selmia said he and other detainees released Monday were held under harsh conditions and tortured.
By Helen Regan, Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder and Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — The head of Gaza’s largest hospital has claimed he was repeatedly tortured during his seven months in Israeli detention, following his sudden release Monday,
The Israeli army has ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians from the eastern half of Khan Younis, a city in southern Gaza that’s currently filled with displaced civilians
Gaza's remaining hospitals, health centers and oxygen stations will stop working within 48 hours as the fuel needed to operate generators runs out, Gaza's Health Ministry said in a statement shared to the messaging app Telegram on Sunday.