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Palestinians recount horrors during Israeli Police raid of Al-Makassad Hospital

MEE's Jacob Burns visited the Al-Makassad hospital after it was raided by Israeli police.

Key points from his latest dispatch:

  • Eyewitnesses claim Israeli Police had beaten up doctors and blocked the entrance to surgical wards. 
  • Israeli police spokesman said: Officers had gone into hospital "to search for suspects directly involved in the riots".
  • Al-Makassad subject to increased security measures, that many Palestinians see as an attempt to control the medical facility.
  • Palestinians hid the body of slain Palestinian protestor to stop Israeli authorities seizing the body. 

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