Qatar Denounces Israeli Claims on Gaza Tunnels

Mohammed El Emadi

HE Chairman of the Qatari Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza Ambassador Mohammed El Emadi expressed the State of Qatar's strong denunciation of the Israeli Occupation Army Spokesman's allegations about the existence of tunnels beneath Sheikh Hamad Hospital for Prosthetics in Gaza without concrete evidence or an independent investigation, considering it to be an blatant attempt to justify the occupation's targeting of civilian facilities, including hospitals, schools, gatherings of population, and shelters of displaced people.

His Excellency confirmed in a statement to Qatar News Agency (QNA) that Sheikh Hamad Hospital in Gaza was established transparently in accordance with the highest international standards under the supervision of the Qatari Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza, with Israeli approval, for medical purposes, with thousands of people in Gaza benefiting from it, stressing that such allegations should not be launched randomly, demanding that the Israeli allegations should not be taken at face value without an independent investigation into its circumstances, warning, at the same time, against using it as an excuse to target civilian facilities.

His Excellency also warned that targeting Sheikh Hamad Hospital in Gaza means depriving thousands of patients of its services, which will be added to the series of war crimes committed by the occupation against civilians and their service facilities, especially the atrocities which recently affected several hospitals and ambulance conveys.

He explained that Sheikh Hamad Hospital in Gaza, which was established with funding by Qatar Fund For Development, under the supervision of the Committee, provides therapy services in departments of prosthetics, motor and verbal rehabilitation, occupational theory, nursing, speech and swallowing, audiology, and pediatrics, considering the Hospital as one of the most important medical facilities in Gaza, which provides essential services for a wide segment of civilians.

His Excellency demanded the international community to line up firmly to condemn targeting health services in Gaza and compel Israel to comply with international laws, warning of the danger of giving the occupation a carte blanche to indiscriminately bombard the people and infrastructure of Gaza.

(QNA)