On Wednesday, the newspaper "Israel Hayom" revealed the details of a medical protocol drawn up by the Israeli Ministry of Health to deal with detainees from the Gaza Strip, under the title "Procedures for Treating Hamas Terrorists", which is based on violating the rights of sick and injured Gaza detainees.

The Israeli Ministry of Health protocol stipulates that wounded or sick detainees in the Gaza Strip must receive treatment in field hospitals at their detention sites, and that they are not transferred to hospitals except in the event of a real danger to their lives, and that they receive treatment only while they are shackled and with their eyes blindfolded, and this also include minor children.

This comes after the newspaper "Haaretz" revealed that prisoners from the Gaza Strip died in the army camps where they are held in the Negev near Beersheba, where they are subject to very poor detention conditions.

"Israel Hayom" explained that the Ministry of Health's protocol allows detainees to be treated without their consent, and that the medical staff who will deal with the detainees must refrain from introducing themselves and limit themselves to clarifying their profession and specialty.

The Israeli Ministry of Health claims that the field hospital in which Gaza detainees receive treatment includes a senior doctor and a team of medical professionals in reserve, and that moderate surgeries can be performed there. However, “Israel Hayom” referred to a report it published two weeks ago that categorically denies the existence of a hospital in one of the  arrest camps.

The Israeli Ministry of Health protocol stipulates that the decision to transfer the detainee to the hospital is within the powers of the chief treating physician in the field hospital, and it only occurs when the doctor is certain that there is a real danger to the detainee’s life if he is not transferred to the hospital, provided that the transfer to the hospital takes place in coordination with the Ministry of Health and directors. The hospital to which the detainee will be transferred, with appropriate security escort.

"Israel Hayom" indicated that the Ministry of Health's approval of the protocol came while Israeli hospital directors continue to oppose the transfer of detainees from the Gaza Strip to hospitals, including children and the elderly.