Hamas security forces recently arrested Salem al-Sabah, head of the University of Palestine in the Gaza Strip, causing an uproar among academics who praise Sabah's performance.

The military police’s arrest of Sabah, a civilian, thus provoked an outcry across social media, with many users denouncing the episode as a "kidnapping.”

According to posts on social media by academics close to Sabah, he was arrested when Youssef Hassan, a Palestinian journalist living abroad, accused Sabah of corruption, embezzlement and forging university diplomas.