Alwaght- Israeli regime forces have attacked and spread terror at a Palestinian hospital in occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem) .
For the third consecutive day on Thursday, Israeli forces violated all international laws by attacking medical staff by using rubber-coated steel bullets, smoke grenades, and sound bombs against the compound of the al-Makassed Hospital in the East al-Quds neighborhood of al-Tur.
The staff protested at the move by the Israeli forces to try to obtain the medical files on the patients, who sustained injuries during clashes in the occupied Palestinian territories.
"It is not our job to give any information about anyone who comes to the hospital or to take any personal information. Our job is only to help them and provide them with medical treatment," the director general of the hospital, Dr. Rafiq al-Hussieni, told the Palestinian Ma'an news agency.
Under international law, hospitals are safe zones, protected spaces, off limits for military and police attacks and invasions.
The facility is a frequent Israeli regime's military target, Dr.Husseini explained. Repeated violations constitute a grave breach of international law, he stressed. His call for international community help won’t be answered.
He expects continued incursions, along with threats and intimidation of medical staff and patients. Names of emergency care unit doctors and nurses were collected. Expect grueling interrogations to follow.
An earlier October incident involved Israeli undercover agents invading the Nablus area Specialized Arab Hospital. Medical director Samir al-Khayyat said they were disguised as Palestinians accompanying a patient.
They kidnapped Karam al-Masri from his bed at gunpoint. They disabled most, but not all security cameras. Video footage of their assault was posted online, showing about a dozen agents intruding through various hospital areas, some holding handguns.
Masri was being treated for workplace related injuries. Israel issued a gag order, concealing information about him, preventing any leaking out from being revealed.
Atrocities committed by its security forces continue daily. Palestinian deaths, injuries and arrests keep mounting. Unaccountable brutality is longstanding Israeli practice.
The protests that have swept the occupied Palestinian territory since the beginning of the month have been referred to as the al-Quds Intifada, due to events at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in September that served as a trigger. Israeli regime forces have killed almost 70 Palestinians, including children and a pregnant women since the current Intifada began on 1st October.
The recent al-Quds Intifada has been triggered to end the temporal and spatial division of al-Aqsa Mosque, the Israeli settlement construction, the Judaization schemes, and Israeli regime's brutal attacks on Palestinians.