Freed Gaza hospital chief says Israel was torturing prisoners

Palestinian doctor Mohammad Abu Selmeyah, the director of Al Shifa Hospital who was detained by Israeli forces, speaks to the media after his release from an Israeli jail, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, at Nasser hopsital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Associated Press

A Palestinian health official said Israel released 55 Palestinians yesterday whom it had detained from Gaza, including the director of the territory’s main hospital.

Mohammed Abu Selmia was detained in November when Israeli forces raided Shifa Hospital.