Dr Derek Summerfield: "1,700 health professionals have been killed in Gaza.. a number are in prison.. they wanted to make an example of [Dr Hussam Abu Safiya].. he has clearly been under torture & starvation.. Israel has impunity, impunity is the key to understand these things"
NEW | Egypt head coach Hossam Hassan:
Football must stand with the Palestinian cause because it is also a humanitarian cause.
In a country where children are being killed while wearing the jerseys of national teams and global football clubsโฆ those people love you and they love football, yet you watch them being killed and remain silent.
I was speaking about humanitarian issues and the children left disabled by the war. Do you even feel anything?
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They killed his son. They bombed his hospital. They blocked the supplies he used to treat children screaming in pain.
Israeli forces imprisoned Dr Hussam Abu Safiya in December 2024, and have repeatedly tortured him. Now he is close to death.
His lawyer found him on July 2nd at the Rakefet facility with severe head, eye, ear, and neck injuries from hammer and baton beatings, struggling to breathe or stay conscious,
His words to his lawyer were:
โThis is the last time you will see meโฆ They brought me here to kill me. I do not see myself leaving here alive. This is the end.โ
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๐๏ธ The Story of Palestinian Doctor Hussam Abu Safiya... The Humanitarian Doctor Who Refused to Leave His Post Despite Everything
His wife, Albina Abu Safiya, says: ๐
ยซI am from Kazakhstan. Because of my deep love for my husband, I chose to live with him in Palestineโin northern Gazaโdespite the extremely difficult circumstances. Hussam believed it was his duty to serve his people and his community. He was an outstanding pediatrician before becoming the hospital's director.ยป
For three years, Hussam received repeated threats from the Israeli military ordering him to evacuate the hospital, but he always refused because it was treating wounded children.
One day, while we were at the hospital with our son Ibrahim, the hospital was struck. Ibrahim was killed before our eyes. We buried him with our own hands, and from that day on, I never saw Hussam smile again.
Even so, he continued his humanitarian work. He treated injured children and patients, smiling at them despite his own pain. Then, at the end of the day, he would return to his office and cry in silence.
I kept begging him to leave, especially since we hold a foreign nationality, but he would always reply:
ยซ"And leave them to whom? Who will treat their wounds?"ยป
I could never argue with such a noble heart.
Then came the darkest day. The Israeli military entered the hospital after failing to force him to leave.
Hussam tried to negotiate with them, asking that the patients and medical staff be allowed to leave first. They agreed. After everyone had evacuated, they took him away, and we have not seen him since.
More than a year has passed since his detention. His lawyer, Ghaida Qassem, says that he has been subjected to beatings and humiliation, that his weight has dropped to less than 60 kilograms, and that he is suffering from malnutrition and anemia.
His mother, who was deeply attached to him, died of a heart attack after hearing what had happened, without ever having the chance to say goodbye to her son.
Today, my children and I live in our partially destroyed home, waiting for his return. We are waiting for the humanitarian doctor who refused to abandon his homeland and chose to remain beside the wounded and the children of Gaza.
We place our trust in God, and then in the conscience of free people around the world, believing that you will not leave Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya to face this alone.
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