{"id":2629316,"date":"2026-07-13T20:14:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T00:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-hits-now-low-demands-israel-release-pediatrician-turns-out-hes-a-terrorist-colonel-so-was-she-ignorant-or-a-terror-supporter\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T20:15:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T00:15:56","slug":"aoc-hits-now-low-demands-israel-release-pediatrician-turns-out-hes-a-terrorist-colonel-so-was-she-ignorant-or-a-terror-supporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-hits-now-low-demands-israel-release-pediatrician-turns-out-hes-a-terrorist-colonel-so-was-she-ignorant-or-a-terror-supporter\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Hits Now Low, Demands Israel Release &#8216;Pediatrician,&#8217; Turns Out He&#8217;s a Terrorist Colonel &#8211; So Was She Ignorant or a Terror Supporter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faoc-hits-now-low-demands-israel-release-pediatrician-turns-out-hes-a-terrorist-colonel-so-was-she-ignorant-or-a-terror-supporter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2629316&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content discusses a controversial statement made by U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez regarding a Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, who was detained by Israel. Ocasio-Cortez demanded his release, describing him as a pediatrician and falsely asserting he was wrongly imprisoned and facing threats from torture. However, evidence from photos and reports indicates that Abu Safiya is also a Hamas colonel, involved with militant activities, including the October 2023 attack. His public profile includes writing op-eds for The New York Times and being photographed in Hamas uniform, confirming his role in militant operations.The article critiques Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s apparent ignorance or support for terrorism and points out that some individuals trained as medical professionals also engage in militant activities, highlighting the danger of conflating medical roles with terrorist affiliations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez either made a completely reckless mistake or she supports terrorism. Either way, her latest foreign policy take won\u2019t leave her better off.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, AOC posted to social media platform X demanding that the Israelis release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a \u201cpediatrician\u201d currently held in custody after a December 2024 raid on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza. Abu Safiya worked as the director of this facility.<\/p>\n<p>Surely, this doctor was wrongly taken prisoner, no?<\/p>\n<p>But things are not what they seem, as Abu Safiya is also a colonel for Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, AOC called on Israel to release a terrorist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael must release pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who has been held without charge for 18 months and now faces an imminent threat to his life from torture. Israel must end the targeting of health workers and the inhumane treatment of Palestinians in arbitrary detention,\u201d the New York Democrat wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Israel must release pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who has been held without charge for 18 months and now faces an imminent threat to his life from torture.<\/p>\n<p>Israel must end the targeting of health workers and the inhumane treatment of Palestinians in arbitrary detention.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepAOC\/status\/2075646422171505060?\">July 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/resurfaced-photo-shows-detained-gaza-hospital-director-wearing-hamas-uniform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Times of Israel<\/a> noted in February that a resurfaced photo of Abu Safiya was taken among Hamas officers and the group\u2019s Military Medical Services.<\/p>\n<p>Abu Safiya is a colonel in MMS, but this is not some innocuous medical organization. They participated in the attack on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 31, the NGO Monitor posted a side-by-side comparison of Abu Safiya in his doctor\u2019s scrubs to the photograph in question.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2757Breaking: NGO Monitor researcher finds photo of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya in his Hamas uniform. \ud83e\uddf5<br \/> That the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital had a Hamas rank was an open secret in Arabic media, yet he was invited to write opeds for the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nytimes?\">@nytimes<\/a> and was praised as a hero in an\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xPB05nNr2W\">pic.twitter.com\/xPB05nNr2W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NGO Monitor (@NGOmonitor) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NGOmonitor\/status\/2017698323977892321?\">January 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The doctor also has something of a public profile, as NGO Monitor and The Times of Israel reported that he has written two op-eds for The New York Times, with one coming out just weeks after Oct. 7 and the other coming out in December 2024 shortly before his capture.<\/p>\n<p>His identity was known as of late January into February.<\/p>\n<p>AOC made her statement Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Is she malicious, or just ignorant?<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker is like a toddler. Either her superficiality led her to believe this was just a well-meaning doctor, or she doesn\u2019t care what he\u2019s done and wants him free regardless. That\u2019s also a toddler mentality \u2014 do something reckless and let someone else face the consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Abu Safiya is not alone in moonlighting as a terrorist after a shift at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>On July 1, <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishbreakingnews.com\/hamas-keeps-confirming-israels-claims-and-few-seem-to-notice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jewish Breaking News<\/a> reported that Ibrahim Al-Farra, a nurse at Nasser Hospital in Gaza, also served as a military commander for Hamas. Ahmed Majid Ahmed Salah was also a nurse at the hospital, and a commander of the Khan Younis Brigade, a group under Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Ayman Suleiman Abu Tayr was a nurse as well, but also served as a commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a group classified as a terrorist organization by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/nctc\/terrorist_groups\/pij.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Counterterrorism Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>AOC should learn that just because someone is trained to save lives doesn\u2019t mean they won\u2019t also savagely take them.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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