Gaza's last key health facility 'now empty'

Israeli military detains hospital chief as WHO warns of 'systematic dismantling'

JERUSALEM/GAZA — Israel's military on Saturday said a hospital director was being held as a suspected Hamas militant after a north Gaza raid the World Health Organization said left the area's last major health facility emptied of patients and staff.

The military said the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Hossam Abu Safiyeh, was being held for questioning, on suspicion of "being a Hamas terrorist operative", and that the raid was over.

Israel's military said it had "completed a targeted operation against a Hamas command center in the Kamal Adwan Hospital", leading to the detention of "over 240 terrorists in the area".