“We are horrified and concerned by the reports coming from the northern Gaza Strip and in particular by the attack on health workers, including the last of the 22 hospitals now destroyed: Kamal Adwan Hospital,” wrote the two experts, who are mandated by the United Nations Human Rights Council but who do not speak on behalf of the UN.
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They say they are “gravely concerned by the fate of Dr Hossam Abou Safiya, yet another doctor harassed, kidnapped and arbitrarily detained by the occupying forces, in his case for having defied evacuation orders”, and indicate that his son had been killed before his eyes.
“This situation is part of an Israeli pattern aimed at continuously bombing, destroying and totally annihilating the realization of the right to health in Gaza,” they said.
-According to the Israeli army, Kamal Adwan – which was the last major hospital still operational in the north of the Palestinian territory devastated by more than a year of war – served as a command center for Islamist Hamas fighters.
More than 1,057 health professionals have been killed since the start of the war in Gaza, triggered by the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, underline the rapporteurs, citing data from the Ministry of Health of the government of the Palestinian Islamist movement.
“We urge Israel to end its ongoing assault on Gaza and cease its attacks on health care facilities” and “ensure the immediate release of Dr. Hossam Abou Safiya and all other workers in arbitrarily detained,” they added.
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