The director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, Hussam Abu Safiya, was not arrested by Israeli forces, according to a message posted to his Instagram account.
Earlier, officials from the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said that Abu Safiya was detained along with dozens of the medical staff at Kamal Adwan.
“All that is being circulated about Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya being arrested is false news,” says a statement published to his Instagram story.
“Thank God he is fine, but the communications and network are very bad,” the message adds, which is seemingly written by someone else and not Abu Safiya.
There is no immediate comment from the IDF, which yesterday said that it had been conducting operations against Hamas infrastructure and operatives in the area, and that it had ordered people out of the hospital.
A message posted to the Instagram of the director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, Hussam Abu Safiya denying that he has been arrested (Screenshot: @dr.hussam73 on Instagram)
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