Medhat Abbas is a Palestinian health official who has served as director-general of the Gaza Health Ministry since at least January 2023,[1] including during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.[2]

Since Hamas's takeover of Gaza in 2007, Abbas has been an official in the Gaza Health Ministry. As director of the ministry's crisis unit, Abbas told The BMJ in 2007 that Hamas had fired medical officials for "managerial, financial, and moral corruption," rather than politics.[3]

Abbas headed the Gaza Health Ministry's international cooperation department during the 2008-2009 Gaza War.[4] Abbas later was director-general of Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza's main hospital, during the 2012 Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip[5] and of Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah during the 2014 Gaza War.[6]

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  1. ^ "Gaza: Israel not allowing in enough X-ray machines for medical care". i24 News. Reuters. 2023-01-06. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  2. ^ Al-Waheidi, Majd (2023-10-09). "The situation in Gaza from a doctor on the ground". NPR. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  3. ^ Sarig, Merav (2007-11-03). "Striking medics in Gaza temporarily return to work after talks with Hamas". The BMJ. 335 (7626): 904–905. doi:10.1136/bmj.39384.458935.DB. PMC 2048866. PMID 17974666.
  4. ^ "Gaza's main hospital struggling to cope". IRIN. 2008-12-30. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  5. ^ Parvaz, D. (2012-11-17). "Gaza hospitals face dire supply shortages". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Deaths as Israeli tanks shell Gaza hospital". Al Jazeera. 2014-07-21. Retrieved 27 October 2023.


Category:People from the Gaza Strip Category:Living people Category:Government ministers of the Gaza Strip Category:Year of birth missing (living people)