US EditionTensions Rise: Israeli Undercover Forces Detain Gaza Health Official
GAZA STRIP, JUL 21 – Israeli undercover forces abducted Gaza health official Dr. Marwan al-Hams after firing on an ambulance, killing journalist Tamer Al-Za'anin amid escalating military operations, Gaza Health Ministry said.
- Israeli undercover forces detained Dr. Marwan Al-Hams, Gaza's field hospitals director, during a deadly raid near a Red Cross hospital in Rafah on July 21, 2025.
- The raid occurred amid ongoing military operations and escalating tensions in southern Gaza, following a war that began in October 2023 and a continuing blockade restricting aid.
- During the operation, Israeli forces fired upon the vehicle carrying Al-Hams, resulting in the death of journalist Tamer Al-Zaanin, injuries to another journalist and the ambulance driver, and the subsequent capture of Al-Hams.
- The Gaza Health Ministry strongly denounced the detention as a serious breach of humanitarian legal protections and highlighted Al-Hams’s crucial role as a prominent medical advocate shedding light on the hardships faced by Gaza’s population amid the escalating health emergency.
- This incident raised international concerns about targeting medical personnel, prompting calls from humanitarian groups and Gaza authorities for Israel to release detained health workers and protect aid delivery.
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Senior Gaza doctor who spoke to the Canary has now been abducted by Israel
A senior doctor who the Canary only interviewed last month has been abducted by Israel – in a raid in Gaza that also killed a journalist. Israel: abducting doctors from Gaza and killing journalists Dr. Marwan Al-Hams, Director of Field Hospitals in the Gaza Strip, head of Abu Yousef Al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah and the Gaza Ministry of Health spokesperson spoke with the Canary about civilians being massacred at aid sites. Now, he has been abducte…
Detained doctor 'has lost third of body weight'
Ghaid Qassem said Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza, survives on very little food including two spoons of rice a day and has lost a third of his body weight. She says he’s been subjected to severe beatings.
The director of Mohammed Yusuf al-Najjar Hospital, Dr. Marwan al-Hams, has been arrested in an Israeli undercover operation. The news agency…
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