Fri, 11/17/2023 - 12:00 - Jon Elmer

The World Health Organization said it was “concerned about the continued escalation of attacks on health care in the West Bank” after Israeli troops forced at least six paramedics to exit Ibn Sina hospital during an overnight raid in Jenin, in the north of the territory. Videos published by the Palestine Red Crescent Society shows the paramedics with their hands in the air in front off the hospital slowly approaching Israeli military jeeps as troops shout orders at them. The paramedics were searched and detained and ambulances were searched, the UN health agency said, adding that “there have been over 170 attacks on health care in the West Bank alone since 7 October.” Meanwhile, the Palestine Red Crescent Society published a video showing Israeli troops obstructing an ambulance crew in Hebron in the southern West Bank.