The medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said on Thursday that one of its doctors at the hospital, Mohammed Obeid, was REMEMBER last Saturday by Israeli forces. He called for protection for himself and all medical staff who “face appalling violence while trying to provide care”.

The Gaza war began after Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages back to Gaza, according to Israeli accounts.

Israel’s subsequent assault on Gaza has killed more than 43,000 Palestinians and reduced most of the enclave to rubble, Palestinian authorities say.