Palestinian doctor Dr. Marwan Al-Hams is facing a serious health crisis in Israeli detention, with reports of medical neglect, deprivation of heart medication, isolation, and harsh conditions.
The lawyer for one of Gaza’s most prominent doctors, Hussam Abu Safiya, who has been detained in Israel since 2024, has raised concerns about his physical deterioration.
A UN human rights body has called for his immediate release, as his lawyer warned that his life is in imminent danger.
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya refused to abandon his patients in Gaza. He buried his own son in the hospital courtyard after he was killed by an Israeli drone that struck the entrance of Kamal Adwan Hospital. He kept the hospital running through Israel’s brutal 85-day siege, and didn’t stop fighting for his patients even when the Israeli military raided the hospital and kidnapped dozens of hospital workers. For that, the Israeli military kidnapped him a year and a half ago, and now he's been beaten, starved, thrown in solitary, and is in critical condition — all for trying to save Palestinian lives.
In his last meeting with his lawyer, Dr. Abu Safiya said “They brought me here to kill me.” Dr. Abu Safiya must be released immediately, along with the thousands of Palestinians the Israeli government is holding without charge or trial, who are now at risk after the Knesset passed a law that allows the death penalty for Palestinians.
Kidnapping one of Gaza's few remaining doctors while bombing its hospitals and killing over 1700 health care workers is yet another facet of Israel’s genocide — and it is being carried out with American weapons, paid for with our tax dollars. Palestinians have survived three years plus a century of ethnic cleansing, genocide and aparthied. Enough is enough.
In Congress, I will fight tooth and nail to cut off the endless flow of weapons and American taxpayer dollars to Israel as it violates countless international laws and indiscriminately bombs civilians across multiple countries at once.
ACTION ALERT calling on all Americans who value human rights, justice, and the protection of medical personnel to contact their members of Congress and the State Department to demand the immediate release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a Gaza doctor and hospital director kidnapped by Israel and then held without charge or trial since December 2024. https://t.co/Q1r2KVJzYF
He told his lawyer he doesn't think he'll see him again. Arbitrarily detained since December 2024 when Israel stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya has been subjected to assault, beatings, and significant weight loss. Demand his release here: https://t.co/b0vOOcEJGZ
Israeli soldiers are reportedly torturing Dr Abu Safya --a pediatrician, for God's sake!
Without strong pressure on Israel, these may could be his last hours.
@ICRCPresident@DrTedros
A doctor who saved lives in #Gaza is now fighting for his own.
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya - detained without charges for over 500 days- is reportedly being tortured & at an imminent risk of death in Israeli detention.
Abu Safiya is among 14 Gaza doctors (pediatricians, surgeons & other specialists) who remain detained without charge, many for more than a year.
Their continued detention deprives patients of vital care & further undermines Gaza’s shattered healthcare system.
Their release is essential to saving lives + restoring Gaza’s shattered healthcare system.
@DrTedros
The latest updates received on @HussamAbuSafiya are horrific.
I’m still demanding the release of Dr Abu Safiya. His unlawful detention is a violation of human rights. His continued torture must end. Israel must release him immediately.
Dr. Husam Abu Safiya is a most selfless, dedicated & humanitarian physician who repeatedly risked his life to save his patients in Gaza. That’s why Israel abducted him & is holding him without evidence, charges or due process while subjecting him to severe torture. His life is in danger. He must be released now.
“Dr Hussam Abu Safia’s life is in imminent danger. We need urgent action to end his detention,” writes Norwegian medical doctor and author Mads Gilbert.
— #AJOpinion by Mads Gilbert
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According to eyewitness reports, a woman was seen behaving unusually in the Orile area of Lagos.
Anyone who recognizes her or knows her family urged to contact them so she can be safely reunite with her loved ones 🥺💔
Director of a Gaza Hospital, Dr Hussain Abu Safiya is in horrific danger to his life.
The Foreign Secretary must demand Israel provides urgent treatment and releases him.
He's been detained by Israel without charge since 2024 and reported to have new life threatening injuries.
“They brought me here to kill me. I don't see myself surviving. This is the end.”
These are the words of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the paediatrician who ran Gaza's last children's hospital. He has been held without charge by Israel for over 18 months, alongside at least 13 other Palestinian doctors from Gaza.
His lawyers say he has been held in solitary confinement, beaten, starved, and denied medical care. He is now in life-threatening danger and requires urgent hospitalisation.
Silence is complicity. @YvetteCooperMP must demand his immediate release and urgent medical treatment NOW.