He Ministry of Health Gaza condemned this Wednesday that hospital director in the Palestinian sector, who admitted that he was from Hamas he did it low “torture” belonging Israeli army.

On Tuesday, Israel assured that the director Kamal Adwan HospitalAhmad Kakhalot admitted that he was a member of an Islamist group during interrogations following his arrest on December 12 at a health center in Beit Lahia, in the north of the sector.

In a statement, the ministry, controlled by the Islamist group Hamas, noted that the doctor works for “military medical servicesofficial body affiliated with Ministry of Internal Affairs Palestinian”.

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“The rank of brigadier general is a professional rank.“He clarified that the presence of members of official organizations inside the hospital was in search of a place to work” as a result of the destruction of the infrastructure of these agencies” as a result of the Israeli military offensive.

The director’s statements in the video released by Israel are under threat. “torture” And “intimidation” and its distribution “This is a war crime”the ministry reports.

“This is a desperate and ridiculous attempt justify his successive crimes“… especially against the health care system,” he added, referring to attacks by Israeli forces on hospitals in the Gaza Strip, which Israel denounces are being used by Hamas to shelter and attack its troops.

“We call on human rights institutions to open urgent investigation into the Kamal Adwan Hospital massacrewhere children were without water, without food, without electricity for long days, which ended hospital explosion“he added.

The department assured that during the “attack on the hospital” with “dozens” of detainees, “horrifying” scenes occurred with “brutal attacksexcavation of graves, (…) crushing corpses under the tracks tanksIsraelis.

According to a statement from the army and Israel’s internal intelligence agency (Shin Bet), the director stated that it was “recruited by Hamas in 2010 with the rank of brigadier general.and that “there are staff in the hospital who are military agents of the Al-Qassam Brigades,” the armed wing of the Islamist group.

Following the Hamas attack on Israeli soil on September 7, which involved more than 1200 dead and much more 240 abductedIsrael declared a state of war and launched a military offensive by land, sea and air against the Palestinian enclave, which involved more than 19,600 dead and much more 52 thousand 500 wounded according to the ministry.

(EFE)