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Friday, January 12, 2024
Red Crescent says head of Khan Younis Medical Center released from Israeli detention after 51 days
The Palestinian Red Crescent says that the head of the Khan Younis Medical Center, Dr. Awni Khattab, has been released from Israeli detention after 51 days.
He was released at the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and Gaza earlier this morning, after being arrested while evacuating patients from Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza to safe zones in the south earlier in the war, the Red Crescent adds.
Urgent – Palestine Red Crescent: Israeli Occupation forces releases colleague Awni Khattab, Director of #KhanYounis ambulance center, after 51 days of detention. He was released today at the Kerem Shalom crossing after being arrested at the Wadi Gaza checkpoint during the…
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) January 12, 2024