The "Doctors' Association in Lebanon - Human Rights Committee" condemned "the assault on doctors Jaafar Abbas and Haifa Dabouk at their clinic in Tyre," and confirmed "complete solidarity with them." It urged "the Doctors' Syndicate to expedite the discussion on the issue of physician immunity and the necessity of its approval in parliament, to ensure the protection of doctors and guarantee their safety while practicing their noble humanitarian profession." In a statement, it called on judicial and security authorities to "pursue the assailants and impose the maximum penalties on them."
The incident involved a person of Palestinian nationality, who was accompanying a relative patient, threatening Dr. Haifa Dabouk with a military gun in her clinic in the al-Bass area of Tyre after she had conducted the necessary examinations. Dr. Jaafar Abbas, whose clinic is adjacent to his wife's, intervened, after which the assailant and the patient fled following a struggle.
