Resurfaced photo shows detained Gaza hospital director wearing Hamas uniform
The Times of Israel • • world
Key Points:
- A decade-old photo emerged showing Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, wearing a Hamas uniform and holding the rank of colonel in Hamas’s Military Medical Services (MMS), a group involved in the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel.
- Israel arrested Abu Safiya and nearly 240 others in December 2024 during a raid on the hospital, accusing Hamas of using the facility as a command center; Abu Safiya remains in Israeli custody and alleges severe physical abuse.
- Abu Safiya authored two opinion pieces in The New York Times criticizing Israel’s Gaza campaign, with no mention of his Hamas affiliation in the articles.
- Another hospital director, Ahmed Kahlot
