A former Ichilov Hospital spokesman recently revealed that years ago, at Mossad’s request and with prime ministerial approval, an Israeli physician traveled to Turkey and saved President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s life by treating his cancer. This follows the documented record of Israeli surgeons at Soroka Medical Center removing a brain tumor from Yahya Sinwar while he was imprisoned. Sinwar survived and later became the leader of Hamas in Gaza before masterminding the October 7 massacre.

The pattern extends across multiple fronts. During the Syrian civil war, Israel treated more than 4,000 Syrians—wounded fighters and civilians—in its hospitals and border facilities, including hundreds of children, providing advanced care at no cost. After the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes, an Israeli field hospital treated 470 patients, among them 150 children. Reports also document Israeli hospital treatment for the daughter of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in 2014 and other close relatives.

The State of Israel has repeatedly extended life-saving medical intervention to declared adversaries and their families. Yet our enemies have responded with rockets, tunnels, and the........

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