Israeli soldiers operate at the opening to a tunnel at Al Shifa Hospital compound in Gaza City, amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, Nov. 22, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

The Palestinian Authority (PA) itself has revealed that Hamas turns hospitals into military interrogation facilities.

As proof, on Facebook, the PA posted a summons issued by Hamas to a Gazan to report to Nasser Hospital to be interrogated by Hamas’ military intelligence.

The post was made by the former official spokesman of the PA Security Forces, Adnan Al-Damiri. Moreover, Al-Damiri criticized Hamas for continuing to use hospitals for “summonses, interrogations, and extortions”:

Text posted on Facebook by Adnan Al-Damiri:

“FYI

Read the summons, its date, the sender and the recipient.

How, when, and where Hamas’ militias summon a citizen in Gaza in the name of the State of Palestine. They order him to come to a security interrogation office at Nasser Hospital. The summonses, interrogations, and extortions continue in whatever remains of the hospitals.”

Text in picture cited by Al-Damiri:

“State of Palestine

Ministry of Interior and National Security

Internal Security Force

Summons

To Citizen: Shadi Subhi Al-Suweiti, aka: Abu Subhi

Address: Khan Yunis/Al-Mawasi

Under the law of the State of Palestine and in accordance with our vested authority, you are to report to:

Premises: Nasser Medical Center

Office: Public Relations

On: Wednesday

Date: 16 October 2024

At: 11:30 AM

Attendance is mandatory and legally binding.

Bring your ID card or passport.”

[Adnan Al-Damiri, Facebook page, December 27, 2024]

Israel has been libeled for committing war crimes at Gazan hospitals, with the World Health Organization saying that it was “appalled” at Israeli operations there. What the WHO should be appalled at is Hamas’ use of hospitals as military centers.

Israel has not just the right but the obligation to pursue the terrorists who turn medical facilities into dungeons. And the international community should be focusing its efforts at dismantling the Hamas forces that do so rather than continuously libeling Israel.

Ephraim D. Tepler is a contributor to Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). Itamar Marcus is PMW’s Founder and Director. A version of this article originally appeared at PMW.