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Health Minister Dan Naveh complained to World Health Organization secretary-general Dr. Jong Wook Lee about the takeover by terrorists of the Bethlehem psychiatric hospital and demanded a firm denunciation of this action. The terrorists, who were captured by Israeli security forces, "crossed a red line," Naveh said. In his letter, he said that "after seeing children sent as suicide bombers, we now see terrorists using medical facilities such a a psychiatric hospital as a base for action. All health ministries around the world should denounce this as a cynical and murderous act that no international treaty would approve. Taking advantage...