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Israeli forces release director of al-Shifa Hospital

Israeli forces have released Muhammad Abu Salmiya, director of the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, an Al Jazeera correspondent has confirmed.

Abu Salmiya was arrested on November 23 during the first Israeli military operation in the medical complex.


Prisoners held by Israel are going through ‘tragic conditions’: al-Shifa Hospital director

Following his release from Israeli detention, the director of al-Shifa Hospital, Muhammad Abu Salmiya, has confirmed that Palestinian prisoners are going through “tragic conditions” due to the lack of food, drink and torture.

He said hundreds of medical personnel have been detained by Israeli forces, and that a number of Palestinian detainees were killed while tortured.

He stressed that Palestinians in Gaza would rebuild the Strip, including his hospital.

Palestinian sources confirmed that Abu Salmiya was subjected to brutal torture during his detention in Israeli-run prisons.


Israel released al-Shifa Hospital director because prisons are full: Report

The director of al-Shifa Hospital, Muhammad Abu Salmiya, has been released along with dozens of other Palestinians because the Israeli prisons are full, according to the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.

Since the beginning of the war, Israeli forces have arrested hundreds of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, while the exact number of detainees in Israeli prisons is not known.


Ben-Gvir calls release of al-Shifa Hospital director ‘security negligence’

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for the dismissal of the head of the Shin Bet internal security service over the release of al-Shifa Hospital Director Muhammad Abu Salmiya.

That’s according to Israel’s Army Radio quoting Ben-Gvir from the Israeli government’s WhatsApp group. Ben-Gvir also made the remarks on X saying Abu Salmiya’s release was “security negligence”.

“The time has come for the Prime Minister to stop [Defense Minister Yoav] Gallant and the head of the Shin Bet from conducting an independent policy contrary to the position of the Cabinet and the Government,” he said.