Hadassah Hospital of Har Hatzofim has become a frequent target of Arab attackers, director Professor Tzvi Stern told MKs in a meeting held Tuesday. Forty-three violent attacks have been reported in 2011 alone, he said.
“They throw rocks at the hospital from roofs of houses in the neighborhood and use slings [to launch rocks] as well. Patients have choked due to tear gas, a doctor fainted, a nurse was injured by a rock,” he said. “The hospital guards wear bulletproof vests and helmets; the medical staff are afraid to travel to the hospital at night.”
Arab attacks on the hospital were discussed by the Knesset's Labor, Welfare and Health Committee. In the lead-up to the debate MK Afu Agbariya protested the assumption of Arab involvement, leading MK Aryeh Eldad to sarcastically propose Eskimo involvement.
“They throw rocks at the hospital from roofs of houses in the neighborhood and use slings [to launch rocks] as well. Patients have choked due to tear gas, a doctor fainted, a nurse was injured by a rock,” he said. “The hospital guards wear bulletproof vests and helmets; the medical staff are afraid to travel to the hospital at night.”
Arab attacks on the hospital were discussed by the Knesset's Labor, Welfare and Health Committee. In the lead-up to the debate MK Afu Agbariya protested the assumption of Arab involvement, leading MK Aryeh Eldad to sarcastically propose Eskimo involvement.