The Ministry of Health confirmed its strong condemnation and denunciation of the arrest and abuse of Kamal Adwan Hospital Director Hussam Abu Safia by the Israeli occupation forces yesterday, Saturday.

The Ministry of Health said in a statement issued on Sunday that what happened constitutes another violation of human rights and the rights of health sector workers, who represent the first line of defense to protect citizens' health and provide them with the necessary medical care.

She condemned this repeated criminal act, calling for the immediate release of the detained doctor, and for immediate intervention to release the detained health personnel inside the occupation prisons.

It also renewed its urgent appeals to provide full protection to all health workers, and to allow them to perform their professional duties in a safe and secure environment.

It pointed out that before the occupation forces arrested Dr. Abu Safiya, they had taken him and the hospital staff and interrogated them for hours, a scene that was repeated in all the attacks carried out by the occupation forces on the various treatment centers in the southern governorates.

It stressed that assaulting doctors and patients or arresting them for performing their humanitarian duty in serving citizens is a violation of all their human and professional rights. Over the past year, the occupation forces have arrested more than 310 cadres from various specialties, and about 1060 cadres have been martyred, some of whom were martyred during torture in captivity, while hundreds of them were injured, which is a great loss for health cadres and expertise and the health system as a whole.

It stressed that any threat or assault on doctors or health workers is a threat to public safety and to citizens' right to receive medical care in a safe and stable environment.