Gaza 's last functioning hospitals faced overnight strikes, killing nine people, including children, Palestinian medical officials reported Saturday. Israel 's military claimed that Hamas militants were using the facility, leading to the detention of over 240 individuals. The Gaza Health Ministry stated that Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, was arrested along with dozens of other staff and taken to an interrogation center.
The ministry alleged that Israeli troops stormed the hospital, forcing staff and patients outside and demanding they strip. An Israeli military spokesman confirmed the detention of the hospital director for questioning, labeling him a suspected Hamas operative without providing evidence. The military maintained it encircled the hospital, with special forces finding weapons and engaging militants who, they claimed, fired on them. The military spokesperson asserted that most of those detained are Hamas operatives. Previously, the military denied entering or setting fire to the hospital but acknowledged ordering people outside. The military reiterated claims that the hospital has been struck multiple times over the past three months during an offensive in northern Gaza against Hamas fighters they allege have regrouped. The health ministry stated a strike earlier this week killed five medical personnel. MedGlobal, the humanitarian organization where Abu Safiya worked, expressed grave concern about his situation, citing the October detention of five other staff members as an alarming pattern of targeting medical personnel and spaces
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