Hamas closes four private clinics in Gaza
AFP
Date: 08-28-07
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Hamas on Tuesday ordered the closure of four private Gaza clinics, in which staff were taking part in a public sector slowdown to protest at the firing of Fatah hospital officials by the Islamists.
"We have closed four clinics," Khaled Radi, a spokesman for the Hamas health ministry, told AFP. "We have always said that we will take measures against all doctors who participate in political strikes and we will continue to take measures against them."
Doctors working in public hospitals in Gaza announced a strike two weeks ago under which they drastically cut their working hours, to protest at Hamas firing senior officials in the territory's largest hospital, Shiffa, who belong to the rival Fatah movement.
Many Gaza doctors who work in public hospitals supplement their income by working part-time in private clinics.
One of the organisers of the strike said, under the condition of anonymity for fear of Hamas reprisals, that despite the clinic closure the action would continue until the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, around September 12.
Hamas has ruled Gaza since mid-June when it overran security forces loyal to president Mahmud Abbas and his Fatah party.
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