Eitan Fischberger
"You won’t arrest me; I’m well-known globally, and everyone knows me. I’m a symbol." Not only is Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya a Hamas Colonel—he's also an arrogant ass. Read this excerpt from a big new @N12News article, based on an interview with officers from Israel's elite Unit 504: ======== The depth of the connection between terrorism and the hospital begins with its very name: Kamal Adwan was a Fatah operative responsible for attacks in Nahariya and the Carmel Market before being eliminated by the IDF during Operation "Spring of Youth" in Lebanon in 1973. When the forces raided the hospital and began questioning the operatives, it was revealed that the hospital director himself, Dr. Husam Abu Safiya, was fully involved in Hamas's terrorist activities. Currently, there is an international campaign calling for the doctor's release, as he gained prominence through media interviews worldwide during the war. In Israel, there are also voices calling for his detention to be canceled. "During the raid, the hospital director, Dr. Husam Abu Safiya, was strutting around like a peacock," describes Lt. (Res.) D., a field investigator with Unit 504. "He was convinced he wouldn't be arrested and believed he was untouchable, orchestrating the entire scene. I interrogated one terrorist after another, and they all shouted his name and begged for him to come and see them, to help them. We understood that at the heart of the incident, the one orchestrating the terrorism and Hamas activity at the site, was the hospital director himself. The world must understand that there is a clear and direct collaboration between the medical staff and the senior leadership of the terror organization: they cynically exploit our desire not to harm the helpless and use the medical platform to establish a terrorist base." "We had indications that the hospital director was, in fact, a senior Hamas figure, but it took time before we received final approval to arrest him," emphasizes Master Sgt. (Res.) A. According to intelligence gathered, the hospital cooperated with the terror organization and provided shelter for terrorists. "The hospital director indeed strutted around like a peacock, and at first, we allowed him to do so," confirms Sgt. Maj. (Res.) G., one of Unit 504’s investigators present during the raid. G. is a commander and a fighter in the naval commando unit (Shayetet 13) and has been serving in the reserves since the start of the war. He fought in the battle for the Sderot police station and, as a civilian, assisted the YAMAM in rescuing officers. "Dr. Abu Safiya watched as his doctors were incriminated one by one. He thought he wouldn’t be arrested. We understood that it was all a disguise—they were terrorists with blood on their hands. The hospital director realized the facade had completely melted away, and in the end, he was also arrested," he notes. G. recalls, "During the interrogation, I confronted him: 'How is it that doctors around the world swear the Hippocratic oath, yet in Gaza, the medical field serves as a cover for terrorist bases?' In response, the hospital director feigned innocence and arrogantly told me, 'You won’t arrest me; I’m well-known globally, and everyone knows me. I’m a symbol.’ He thinks he’s a symbol, but we understand he’s a symbol of terrorism."
