2023-11-23 12:23:56
Today, Thursday, the Ministry of Health in Gaza revealed details that the director of Al-Shifa Hospital, Muhammad Abu Salima, and others were arrested while they were moving from the northern Gaza Strip to the south.
The Ministry announced the cessation of coordination with the World Health Organization regarding the evacuation of the remaining wounded and medical staff from the Shifa Medical Complex, which was subjected to a siege and storming by the Israeli army.
A statement by the Ministry of Health in Gaza said: “We were informed by the United Nations that there is coordination through the World Health Organization to evacuate those in the Al-Shifa Medical Complex, which is being subjected to siege, storming and destruction by the occupation forces, depriving those in it of food, water, medicine, electricity and security. Accordingly, I took action on On Wednesday, a convoy from the United Nations, represented by the World Health Organization, evacuated part of the patients and medical staff, who were subjected to the most horrific Nazi practices and starvation within the hospital walls.
He added, “We were surprised that this convoy was stopped at the occupation checkpoint separating the northern and southern Gaza Strip for regarding 7 hours, during which the occupation forces were treated with extreme violence toward the patients, companions, and accompanying medical staff. The matter ended with the arrest of a number of them, led by the Director General of the Shifa Medical Complex.” Muhammad Abu Salamiya.
The statement continued, “We affirm that the presence of the United Nations and its teams and the departure under its flag deceived our medical teams, and made them trust their coordination to evacuate the wounded and medical teams. The occupation bears full responsibility for the lives and safety of our detained colleagues.”
He continued, “The United Nations bears full responsibility for this event, and we await appropriate and urgent measures on their part to address this.”
The statement indicated, “The World Health Organization has not yet submitted any report to the ministry to clarify what happened, including the numbers and names of detainees.”
He pointed out, “The inability to communicate with Al-Shifa Medical Complex made us unable to know who was arrested, in light of the failure to receive any report from the World Health Organization regarding their number and names. This makes the opportunity to liquidate these teams present, especially with this criminal enemy.” .
The statement concluded, “The Ministry of Health decides to stop full coordination with the World Health Organization on the issue of evacuating the remaining wounded and medical teams, until a report is submitted explaining what happened and the detainees are released.”
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