Israel’s military has said it is “moving forward” with questioning al-Shifa Hospital director Muhammad Abu Salmiya after the World Health Organization said it had no information about his wellbeing and that of three other arrested medical staff.
“We are currently moving forward with … questioning him over the fact that he was the head of a hospital that was really sitting on top of an entire terror network,” Israeli military spokesperson Doron Spielman said on Saturday.
“How could he not know what’s happening? We have hostages that were on, you know, CCTV in his hospital.”
Hamas and hospital officials have repeatedly denied Israeli claims that the hospital has been used for military purposes.
Israel’s military on Thursday confirmed that they were holding Abu Salmiya for questioning over evidence that the hospital served as a Hamas command and control centre under his management.
The WHO said earlier on Saturday it had no information about the wellbeing of Abu Salmiya and three other medical workers in detention while calling for their “legal and human rights to be fully observed during their detention”.
Source: AlJazeera
