Concerns grow after Israeli forces detain the director of besieged Gaza hospital
Concerns are growing for the safety of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyaa, the prominent of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, who was taken into Israeli custody.
Concerns are growing for the safety of a prominent hospital director in Gaza who was taken into Israeli custody after the Israel Defense Forces raided the site, detained scores of people and forced the closure of one of the last functioning medical facilities in the enclave's north.
Video captured outside Kamal Adwan Hospital and verified by NBC News shows its director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, wearing a white medical overcoat and walking alone toward a military vehicle. The street is strewn with rubble and the buildings around him appear destroyed, the video shared widely on social media shows.
While it isn't clear exactly when the video was shot, the Israeli military confirmed Monday that it had detained and interrogated Abu Safiya. He was being held as a "suspect" and being questioned over "potential involvement in terrorist activity," IDF spokesperson Nadav Shoshani said in a post on X.
Dr. Hossam Abu Safieh supervises the treatment of an injured man on Nov. 21. AFP / Getty ImagesBefore his detention, Abu Safiya, a pediatrician, repeatedly warned about the IDF's raid on the hospital and how it endangered patients, including premature babies.
On Friday, he posted video on his Instagram account showing a quadcopter dropping a bomb a few yards from Kamal Adwan Hospital, with the bomb exploding with a loud bang before sending plumes of smoke into the air.
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