A Gaza doctor has been missing since November. His Canadian cousin is still looking for answers
Dr. Saleh Eleiwa, an emergency physician at Al-Shifa Hospital, was on a call with his cousin in Canada on Nov. 18 when he approached an IDF checkpoint while evacuating the hospital under Israeli raid. Witnesses have told the family that Eleiwa was taken by the IDF, but neither Israel nor Red Cross has answered questions about his whereabouts.
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![Two photos of Dr. Saleh Eleiwa, a resident emergency physician at Al-Shifa Hospital who has not been heard from since Nov. 18, when he was forced to evacuate the hospital by the IDF and was en route to south Gaza to be with his family. Two photos of the same man. On the left, a selfie with lab coat and stethoscope. On the right, he sits on a rock in a park.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7103248.1706910949!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/dr-saleh-eleiwa.jpg)
Dr. Saleh Eleiwa, an emergency physician at Al-Shifa Hospital, was on a call with his cousin in Canada on Nov. 18 when he approached an IDF checkpoint while evacuating the hospital under Israeli raid. Witnesses have told the family that Eleiwa was taken by the IDF, but neither Israel nor Red Cross has answered questions about his whereabouts.