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Dr. Jomma Saka answering reporters' questions at his clinic in Gaza City on Wednesday. (AP)
Last update - 18:18 09/08/2007
Hamas arrests doctor who said Gaza hospital short on supplies
By The Associated Press
Tags: doctor, Hamas, Fatah, Gaza

Hamas security forces on Thursday arrested a Fatah-affiliated doctor who had tried to organize a strike at the Gaza hospital from which he had been dismissed.

Dr. Jomma Saka, who is loyal to the Fatah movement of Palestinian Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, held a news conference last week where he claimed that the medical equipment at Shifa Hospital was in short supply as a result of border closures following Hamas' takeover of Gaza in mid-June.

The Health Ministry, controlled by Hamas, accused Saka of lying, and then fired him on grounds of corruption, accusing him among other things of stealing furniture from the hospital.
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Saka denied Hamas' allegations, and had been organizing a strike at Shifa Hospital, meant to pressure Hamas into reinstating him as head of the hospital's public relations department.

The doctors and nurses at Shifa stopped working for two hours Wednesday afternoon as part of the efforts to reinstate Saka.

Militiamen took Saka and his 18-year-old son into custody at around 2 a.m. Thursday and transferred them to an unknown destination, his wife, Hanan, said.

Hamas denied that Saka's arrest was politically motivated.

"The decision to send Dr. Saka for investigations stemmed from many reasons, including giving false information that has intimidated the public", Dr. Bassem Naim, the health minister in the Hamas government in Gaza, said in a statement. "It has nothing to do with his political affiliation".
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  1.   Totalitarianism in a nutshell 13:33  |  Nik Miller 09/08/07
  2.   But everyone steals furniture... why me? 13:34  |  saka 09/08/07
  3.   at least their traffic is better 13:37  |  matt 09/08/07
  4.   OMG he hit back 13:52  |  shai 09/08/07
  5.   GAZANS USED AS PAWNS BY HAMAS 14:05  |  Ian 09/08/07
  6.   It is Gazans democratic right to vote for Economic Disasters 14:06  |  Alan 09/08/07
  7.   The dream and the reality 14:17  |  Mark Lincoln 09/08/07
  8.   Bring aid in on fishing boats 14:18  |  Mrs Ita Peach 09/08/07
  9.   like father like son! 14:31  |  Palestinian 09/08/07
  10.   Why so much news fron AP all of a sudden? lIs Haaretz cutting 14:39  |  Apartheid 09/08/07
  11.   JUST like a left or right dictatorship. 15:11  |  PETER SM 09/08/07
  12.   #Mrs Ita Peach: The sea is blocked by the IDF 15:15  |  Andreas 09/08/07
  13.   Trying to blockade Gaza into submission 15:34  |  Ben Alofs 09/08/07
  14.   Postings 9,12 & 13 15:44  |  Scott 09/08/07
  15.   Mark Lincoln #7 16:03  |  S 09/08/07
  16.   Pelestinians werent allowed to vote HAMAS 16:09  |  Niss 09/08/07
  17.   This corrupt fellow stealing things from the Palestinian people, 16:10  |  lakshmi 09/08/07
  18.   13Ben Alof,greetings,agree about the blockade being similar to 16:14  |  lakshmi 09/08/07
  19.   Freedom expression in Gaza punishable by Hamas 16:18  |  Michael Korn 09/08/07
  20.   #17 lakshmi 16:19  |  Niss 09/08/07
  21.   Palestinian: You`re corrupt too. Pot/kettle. 16:28  |  Hannah 09/08/07
  22.   #8, #12, Fishing Boats 16:37  |  idf_sergeant 09/08/07
  23.   to#22 ISM = the Islamofascists terrorists lovers 16:54  |  maurice 09/08/07
  24.   An Orwellian state with strict Islamic law.... 16:54  |  Richard S 09/08/07
  25.   Lucky Doctor, wasn`t shoot in front of the crow 17:22  |  maurice 09/08/07
  26.   Palestinians Used as Pawns by the World 17:41  |  Fed Up 09/08/07
  27.   Hamas Komrades 17:50  |  Twogunz 09/08/07
  28.   lakshmi. #17 Why parrot Hamas accusations? 17:50  |  Zardos 09/08/07
  29.   20Niss,2 points,Hamas did not throw people off roof tops,there 17:52  |  lakshmi 09/08/07
  30.   19Michael Korn,hard to believe you are from Princteon, 17:55  |  lakshmi 09/08/07
  31.   Fed Up #26 17:55  |  Twogunz 09/08/07
  32.   to Fed Up..Palestinians are pawns of the Arabs and Persians 18:03  |  Michael Korn 09/08/07
  33.   #16 Miss Toronto 18:05  |  Palestinian 09/08/07
  34.   This is a good reason why Hamas must be destroyed 18:07  |  Shepherd 09/08/07
  35.   fair and square 18:12  |  Ahmed 09/08/07
  36.   A hospital does not need PR 18:24  |  Fritz 09/08/07
  37.   IF MAIL IS LATE HAMAS SHOULD HANG POSTMAN IN PUBLIC 18:37  |  Mitch Iginer 09/08/07
  38.   Lakshmi # 30 Princeton 18:38  |  ChanahS 09/08/07
  39.   Hamas Executive Force Above the Rule of Law? 18:50  |  Mimi 09/08/07
  40.   Hamas leave the hospital alone 18:57  |  Yaacov 09/08/07
  41.   to lakshmi#29 19:09  |  Ilya 09/08/07
  42.   Politics and Medicine Don`t Mix 19:16  |  Mark of Lewiston 09/08/07
  43.   Niss, may I add to your comment...... 19:17  |  Lynn 09/08/07
  44.   hi Laxshm, i am here in Princeton but sometimes.. 19:26  |  Michael Korn 09/08/07
  45.   Ben Alofs 19:26  |  Lynn 09/08/07
  46.   Ahmed is just plain wrong 19:45  |  john 09/08/07
  47.   His Gaza clinic? thats too much, its time for him to resign 20:04  |  Tamir Palestine 09/08/07
  48.   Arresting father AND son? 20:30  |  Not surprised 09/08/07
  49.   Dr. Jomma Saka and son Kidnapped 20:47  |  David 09/08/07
  50.   44Michael Korn,your statements suggest a rabid zionist who has 21:10  |  lakshmi 09/08/07
  51.   Who knows 22:11  |  Jon 09/08/07
  52.   #33 Palestinian 22:28  |  Niss 09/08/07
  53.   52Niss,the Palestinian is right,israel is the only state in the 23:48  |  lakshmi 09/08/07
  54.   peace on the streets of Gaza ? 12:00  |  Arni 10/08/07
  55.   I live in Gaza ! 12:22  |  Adam 10/08/07
  56.   West Bank will be soon NEXT ! 12:26  |  Allan 10/08/07
  57.   Enough is enough !! 12:46  |  Rami 10/08/07
  58.   ***LAXSHIM*** 21:53  |  MICHAELA B.D 23/10/08
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