 At the time, the hospital housed several thousand medical staff and patients. The operation raised questions over Israel's targeting of hospitals during the war. Dr Abul Salmi's release has provoked outrage from several Israeli ministers and leading politicians. Elsewhere, Norway has blocked the sale of the last privately owned plot of land in the Svalbard archipelago high up in the Arctic. There had been concerns it could be sold to China, says Risto Poka.