Minister of Health, Dr. Mai Alkaila, has strongly condemned the Israeli occupation forces for their arrest of Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya, the Director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, and several other doctors at an Israeli military checkpoint along the Salah al-Din Road connecting the northern and southern regions of the Gaza Strip.

Minister Alkaila stated that this arrest adds to the series of crimes committed by the Israeli occupation against the healthcare system in the Gaza Strip.

She highlighted previous incidents where Israeli occupation forces bombed and raided numerous hospitals in Gaza, resulting in the death and injury of hundreds of doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, emergency personnel, and displaced patients.

“We have appealed to the United Nations General Assembly, international human rights institutions, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and all international bodies to exert pressure on the occupation to halt its aggression against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank,” she said.

“How
ever, the Israeli occupation continues to turn a blind eye to all international laws and humanitarian conventions.”

Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA