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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dan Sabbagh in Jerusalem

Israel arrests Gaza hospital director and bombs 300 targets amid truce delay

Palestinians search in rubble of destroyed building, seen through large hole in wall of another building with people's heads silhouetted against the light
Palestinians search for victims after an Israeli strike on houses in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, 23 November 2023. Photograph: Ismail Muhammad/UPI/Shutterstock

Israel’s army has arrested the director of Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital and bombed at least 300 targets from the air, killing dozens of Palestinians, as an agreed four-day truce was delayed until Friday.

Mohammad abu Salmiya and other medics were detained, a colleague said, amid reports that members of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) had seized them as they were travelling with a World Health Organization evacuation convoy.

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