Shortly after midnight, undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated Halhoul Governmental Hospital, in Halhoul, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part and kidnapped a wounded Palestinian despite his moderate-to-severe wounds.
The hospital director, Salah Tmeizi, said that the medical staff was taken aback when special forces of the army, dressed in civilian clothes, stormed the medical center and its departments.
Tmeizi added that undercover forced kidnapped a patient, despite his need to continued medical care, before fleeing the area and handing him to a regular army unit.
He further stated that this incursion by the special forces constitutes a blatant violation of international law and all international conventions that prohibit the storming of hospitals and healthcare institutions.
Al-Jazeera correspondent in Hebron reported that the soldiers were concealed in two commercial trucks and two cars before invading the hospital and kidnapping the wounded young man.
The correspondent added that the young man had been injured about a month ago in a car explosion incident in the Haska area, north of Hebron, before the soldiers confiscated the car.
The army claimed that the abducted Palestinian and another young man were planning an attack against the soldiers.
It is noteworthy that the abducted young man was initially transferred to the Hebron governmental hospital and was moved to Halhoul Hospital just a few days ago.
Al-Jazeera stated that the young man underwent four surgeries in just two weeks, and his wounds are moderate-to-severe, rendering him unable to walk.
It also said that, after storming his hospital room, the undercover soldiers dragged the wounded Palestinian out of his bed and through the halls of the medical center.
They then took him to the hospital entrance, where many military vehicles were waiting, and placed him in one of their military jeeps before taking him away.
