Today we issued an emergency appeal to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, asking him to secure the immediate and unconditional release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a prominent Palestinian pediatrician who is facing an imminent threat to his life while in Israeli detention. https://t.co/bqMIq7O8lv
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, has been held without charge or trial since December 2024 by Israel. According to his lawyers, his life is at imminent risk after reported torture, and denial of medical care.
Israel must immediately release him, or grant him a fair trial. In the meantime, he must be urgently transferred to a civilian hospital.
Israel must immediately and urgently end all forms of torture and ill-treatment against Palestinian detainees. And all arbitrarily detained Palestinians must be released with immediate effect.
Read the statement:
🔗https://t.co/kRpOuEqgOa
🚨 BREAKING: Israel has killed Mohamed Fawaz al-Wahidi, director of public relations for the Egyptian Committee in Gaza, Tuesday evening in a strike on a civilian vehicle near the governorate building in Gaza City’s al-Sabra neighborhood, per the Palestinian Information Center.
Two other Palestinians, including a child, were killed alongside him and others wounded, per Arabi Post, bringing the day’s death toll from Israeli attacks across Gaza to six, amid ongoing violations of the ceasefire.
The Egyptian Committee, established by President Sisi, is Cairo’s official relief arm in Gaza, distributing food, housing displaced families in camps it built at Netzarim, and clearing rubble.
Israel has killed its personnel before: in January, an Israeli drone struck a vehicle carrying committee workers filming a new displacement camp near Netzarim, killing five people including three journalists working for the committee. Israeli media reported Cairo sent an angry protest demanding explanations for that attack.
The targeted strike and killing of an official of Egypt’s own relief operation comes as Cairo hosts negotiations on the ceasefire’s second phase, with a Hamas delegation in its sixth day of talks there. Reports suggest the strike took place just before the Egypt-Argentina soccer World Cup match.
¡Un último ruego de su hijo por el heroico médico de Gaza, Hussam Abu Safiya!
▪️"Mi padre tiene dificultades para respirar.
No puede hablar.
▪️Su rostro está irreconocible debido a la tortura que ha sufrido.
▪️Trágicamente, nos hemos quedado completamente solos.
Hemos apelado a más de dos mil millones de musulmanes y a más de veintidós naciones árabes e islámicas. Sin embargo, nos han ignorado.
▪️Una vez más, les suplicamos, les pedimos su ayuda. Salven la vida de mi padre antes de que sea demasiado tarde.
▪️Este podría ser nuestro último grito de auxilio. Quizás nunca volvamos a saber de mi padre". Vía @trhaber_com
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This is a face of a man who is used to being fouled every time week in week out and knows he won’t get anything by referees because his name is Mohamed Salah.
*Occupied* West Bank.
He’s an illegal occupier who threw a grenade in a car and forced the door shut while the Palestinian driver tried to escape. This is Israeli terrorism.
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya was arbitrarily detained on 27 December 2024 by the Israeli military when they raided Kamal Adwan hospital in Mashrou’ Beit Lahiya. Since then, he has been held without charges or trial, under orders that have been indefinitely renewed based on the Unlawful Combatants Law.
On 28 April 2026 an Israeli District Court approved the extension of Abu Safiya’s arbitrary detention under the Unlawful Combatant Law without filing any charges against him.
On 16 June 2026 Israel’s Supreme Court rejected Dr. Abu Safiya’s appeal for his immediate release, upholding the continuation of his arbitrary detention until at least October 2026.
Since 3 June 2026 Abu Safiya is held in solitary confinement exceeding the 15 consecutive days permitted under the Nelson Mandela Rules, which violates the prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment. Authorities are also denying him appropriate care for his health conditions.
@Amnesty is calling for his immediate release. The international community must apply maximum pressure on the Israeli authorities.