Israel Arrests 8 Palestinian Red Crescent Staff

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JAKARTA - The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRCS) reported that Israeli soldiers (IDF) stormed Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis City in the southern Gaza Strip. The IDF arrested eight medical staff and injured people.

"The occupation forces arrested eight of our staff members at Al-Amal Hospital including four doctors and detained four injured and five of their colleagues," PRCS said in a statement reported by ANTARA from Anadolu, Saturday, February 10.

PRCS revealed Israeli forces insulted, interrogated and beat all teams at the hospital and did not give them food and access to toilets.

His party accused the Israeli army of stealing money from the hospital and the people there, including medical staff.

Israeli soldiers reportedly confiscated laptops and radio systems (VHFs), the only communication tool amid a blackout of communication networks in Khan Younis City that lasted for about a month.

On Friday, February 9, PRCS reported that it had lost total communication with its team at Al-Amal Hospital, expressing deep concerns about the'safety of the team at Al-Amal Hospital, as well as injured victims and patients.'

"The Israeli army attack on Al-Amal Hospital is entering its 19th day," he said.

Israel continues to attack the Gaza Strip, where at least 27,947 Palestinians, mostly women and children, were killed and 67,459 others injured since October 7, according to Palestinian health authorities.

Israel launched an attack on the Gaza Strip since the Palestinian Hamas group carried out a cross-border attack that Tel Aviv said had killed nearly 1,200 people.

According to the United Nations, Israeli aggression has caused 85 percent of Gaza's population to flee amid the food, clean water and medicine crisis, with 60 percent of infrastructure in the enclave damaged or destroyed.