WORLD : Israeli Soldiers Raid Gaza Hospital, Terrorize Patients, Official Says
Israeli soldiers forced their way into a Gaza City hospital today while pursuing stone-throwing Palestinians, and a hospital official said troops abused medical staff and terrorized patients.
About 30 soldiers seized four Palestinians at the hospital but later released them, the official said. Hospital workers staged a sit-down strike to protest the raid, she said.
The army said soldiers entered the hospital because they were pelted with stones from the facility’s grounds.
Also today, police rounded up 170 Arab laborers from the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip who were caught spending the night in Israel, a violation of rules requiring them to make the long daily commute home after work, Israel radio said.
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