Gaza: BMA calls for urgent investigation into mistreatment of doctors

The BMA has called for an urgent investigation into reports that doctors and other healthcare staff in Gaza have been mistreated and assaulted by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Latifa Patel, chair of the BMA’s representative body, said the reports were “deeply worrying” and emphasised that all healthcare workers were “protected by the Geneva Conventions.”

“Attacks against them are completely unacceptable,” she said. “The BMA condemns any mistreatment of medical professionals—a clear …