
A Gaza doctor who sharply criticised Israel in two New York Times opinion essays is allegedly a colonel in Hamas, The New York Post reported, citing the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and the Jerusalem-based watchdog group NGO Monitor.
Israeli officials and the watchdog group say Hussam Abu Safiya was photographed wearing a Hamas military camouflage uniform at a 2016 ceremony marking the completion of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza. The images, cited by NGO Monitor, were posted on the Facebook page of Gaza Medical Services, an organization overseen by Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry.