Mohammed Abu Selmia
Dr. Mohammed Abu Selmia is the director of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, who was detained for seven months in Israeli prisons, during which he experienced severe torture, and he has spoken out about the systemic abuse faced by healthcare workers in detention.
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Mohammed Abu Selmia is the hospital director who reported on the conditions of adults suffering from malnutrition.
Children dying as malnutrition overwhelms hospitals amid Israel blockade
Australia· 2025-07-25
Dr Mohammed Abu Selmia is the director of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, highlighting the dire conditions faced by medical staff due to hunger.
Gaza doctors ‘becoming too weak to treat patients’ as hunger crisis deepens | Israel-Gaza war
United Kingdom· 2025-07-23
Dr Mohammed Abu Selmia, the hospital director, said that premature babies were now in a critical condition.
Israeli strike kills children near US-run Gaza clinicAustralia· 2025-07-11
Mohammed Abu Selmia is the director of Shifa Hospital, which serves the area affected by Israeli airstrikes.
Israel Gaza ceasefire inches closer ahead of Donald Trump meeting with Benjamin NetanyahuAustralia· 2025-07-07
Abu Selmia reported that Israeli strikes killed 20 Palestinians and wounded 25 others.
Israel sends negotiators to Qatar for talks on 60-day ceasefire, hostage exchange
Canada· 2025-07-06Mohammed Abu Selmia reported that 20 people died and 25 were injured due to Israeli strikes.
Gazos Ruožo pareigūnai: per Izraelio smūgius žuvo mažiausiai 38 žmonės
Lithuania· 2025-07-06Mohammed Abu Selmia is the head of Shifa Hospital in the affected area.
Över 100 attacker mot Gaza – minst 30 döda
Sweden· 2025-07-06Dr Mohammed Abu Selmia, director of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, expressed that the loss of Dr Marwan al-Sultan is devastating and that thousands of heart patients will suffer as a result.
‘Shock and grief’ as senior doctor killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza | GazaUnited Kingdom· 2025-07-02
Dr Mohammed Abu Selmia was arrested at a checkpoint while evacuating patients and reported severe beatings during his detention.
‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detention | Human rightsUnited Kingdom· 2025-02-25
Dr Mohammed Abu Selmia, director of al-Shifa hospital, who was detained for seven months in Israeli prisons before being released without charge.
More than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of torture | GazaUnited Kingdom· 2025-02-25
