Gaza Health Ministry condemns death of Palestinian doctor in Israeli jail
The Palestinian Health Ministry has condemned the death of a Palestinian doctor during his detention in an Israeli jail, calling for Israel to be held accountable for its crimes against medical staff in the besieged Gaza Strip.
The ministry made the remarks in a statement on Wednesday, after Dr. Ziad Muhammad al-Dalu, who was detained while performing his duty at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, lost his life in an Israeli prison as a result of severe torture.
“The Ministry condemns this heinous crime against Palestinian medical staff, and considers targeting health cadres while performing their humanitarian duty a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and all international conventions,” the statement said.
“The continuation of these violations against health workers is a systematic targeting of the Palestinian people and their institutions, and the ministry stresses the need to hold the [Israeli] occupation accountable before the international community for its crimes against medical staff and civilians,” it added.
Dr. Ziad Muhammad al-Dalu, deputy director of the internal medicine department at Shifa Hospital, the largest medical facility in Gaza, had been arrested by Israeli forces on March 19, 2024.
Back in August, the ministry said nearly 500 medical workers have been killed and hundreds more sustained injuries in the Gaza Strip ever since the Israeli military launched its devastating war against the coastal sliver in early October last year.
Israel launched the war on Gaza on October 7 after Palestinian resistance groups carried out a surprise retaliatory operation into the occupied territories in retaliation for the relentless atrocities against the Palestinian people.
Since the start of the aggression, Israel has killed at least 41,252 Palestinians, most of them women and children. Another 95,497 Palestinians have sustained injuries as well
The Tel Aviv regime has also imposed a “complete siege” on the territory, cutting off fuel, electricity, food and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.
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