Israeli public health system won’t treat injured Hamas people: Health minister
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Health Minister Moshe Arbel told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late Wednesday that he had ordered a halt to the treatment of Hamas members in public hospitals, local media reported.
In a letter to Netanyahu, Arbel said that the issue of treating the Hamas militants in the public hospitals has caused “tremendous difficulty”, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported.
In these difficult times, the health care system should focus fully on treating victims, Israeli soldiers and “preparedness for what is to come,” the letter read.
The task of securing and treating the injured Palestinian militants within the public health system “significantly harms these efforts,” he said. “And therefore, under my guidance, the public health system will not treat them.”
Arbel added that the handling of the matter should be entrusted to the Israeli army or Israel Prison Service, and the Health Ministry is “ready and willing” to help these people as much as necessary.
Arbel said he asked Netanyahu for “immediate guidance” to implement this instruction.
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