Social media users widely relayed a rumour that a Gazan medical student was amongst 70 men arrested by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on December 14 near Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahya, in the north of the Gaza Strip. The student in question, Nasr Imad Al-Madhoun, finally spoke out, saying that he wasn’t one of the people in the photos published by the IDF. Our team spoke to Al-Madhoun, who said people should be careful to "verify information" before sharing it because "sharing fake information doesn’t help our cause at all."
The IDF carried out a raid on December 12 on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahya, the only health centre still operating in the north of the Gaza Strip. According to the IDF, the hospital was also serving as a command centre for Hamas and, as a result, it has since been razed.
