Medhat Abbas

He was the chair of the international cooperation department for Gaza's health ministry during the 2008–2009 Gaza war.^[1] Then he went on to become director-general for both Al-Shifa Hospital and Al-Aqsa Hospital in the Gaza Strip.^[2] First, he assumed the position at Al-Shifa during the 2012 Gaza War,^[3] and later assuming the same position at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah during the 2014 Gaza War.^[4]

During the Gaza war, Abbas implicated Israel in delaying the delivery of several X-ray machines into hospitals in Gaza, causing delays in treating "thousands of patients".^[1]