Media: Israel will not treat captured Hamas fighters

Israeli medical institutions will no longer provide medical assistance to fighters of the Palestinian Hamas movement who were captured, RIA Novosti reports, citing the publication of the Jerusalem Post newspaper.

The corresponding decision was reportedly made by Israeli Health Minister Moshe Arbel. According to him, the country’s health system needs to focus on treating victims of the Hamas attack and the Israeli military.

“Treating despicable terrorists… is a hindrance to these efforts and… the public health system will not treat them,” it said.

The head of the Israeli Ministry of Health also asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to give appropriate instructions to all other authorities related to the situation.

On the morning of October 7, a massive rocket attack began on populated areas of Israel from the Gaza Strip. According to Israeli military estimates, the number of rockets fired exceeded 3 thousand. In addition, dozens of Hamas militants entered the country. Hamas itself announced Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, addressing the people of Israel, announced that the state was in a state of war. The number of Israelis killed as a result of an attack by the Palestinian Hamas movement has exceeded 1.2 thousand. Mobilization was announced, and the Israeli military was clearing populated areas.

Israeli aircraft carry out strikes on Gaza, the number of those killed as a result of Israeli strikes has reached 1.2 thousand, the number of those injured has increased to 5.6 thousand. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, about 340 thousand Gazans have fled their homes since the conflict escalated.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said the war with Hamas would take weeks and months. Galant emphasized that the Israeli army was launching a large-scale offensive. Moscow called on Israel and Palestine to cease fire and return to the negotiating table.