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Gaza Kamal Adwan hospital director Abu Safia detained in Israeli army base, family says
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Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the 51-year-old director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, has been held in Israel's Sde Teiman base since his detention by Israeli forces during a raid on the hospital last week. His whereabouts were unknown until it was reported that he was being held in the Negev desert.
Israel's pattern of deadly attacks on and near hospitals in Gaza, and associated combat, pushed the healthcare system to the brink of total collapse, with catastrophic effect on Palestinians' access to health and medical care.
The protection of hospitals during warfare is paramount and must be respected by all sides at all times.
Hospitals in Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat.
We don't have the ability to provide the level of assistance that is needed to meet the most basic requirements.
Two Palestinian prisoners released this weekend from the facility said they saw Abu Safia at the prison, and another former detainee said he heard Abu Safia's name being read out.
This protection is a legal obligation and a moral imperative to preserve human life.
The Kamal Adwan and Indonesian hospitals are now completely inoperable. For months, these medical facilities have struggled to provide care for patients as ongoing hostilities have damaged hospitals and endangered or harmed staff, patients, and civilians.
Repeated hostilities in and around hospitals have obliterated the health care system in northern Gaza, putting civilians at an unacceptably grave risk of going without lifesaving care.
Israel has detained hundreds of Palestinian healthcare workers from Gaza without charge or trial. Health workers have been subjected to torture and other ill-treatment and been held in incommunicado detention.
We are so worried, we haven't been able to sleep for three days because we didn't know until today where he is.
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sources
- 1.CNN
- 2.Al Jazeera
- 3.The Guardian
- 4.BBC
- 5.ABC News (Australia)
- 6.France 24
- 7.The Washington Post
- 8.South China Morning Post
- 9.CGTN
- 10.ABC News
- 11.Agence France-Presse
- 12.Haaretz
perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.US under Donald Trump
- 3.2024 US Presidential Election
- 4.Israel-Palestine Conflict
- 5.British Foreign Policy
- 6.Israel Foreign Policy
- 7.Islamic Terrorism
- 8.Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu
- 9.Israel-US Relations
- 10.2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
- 11.Qatar Foreign Policy
countries
organizations
- 1.Hamas
- 2.Kamal Adwan Hospital
- 3.World Health Organization
- 4.Indonesian Hospital
- 5.Gaza Health Ministry
- 6.Al-Amal Hospital
- 7.Al-Wafa Hospital
- 8.al-Shifa Hospital
- 9.Al-Ahli Hospital
- 10.Amnesty International
- 11.International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent
- 12.MedGlobal
persons
- 1.Hussam Abu Safiya
- 2.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
- 3.Alaa Abu Banat
- 4.Idrees Abu Safiya
- 5.Shibley Telhami
- 6.Volker Türk
- 7.Ahmad Al Sayyed Saleem
- 8.Alon Pinkas
- 9.Avichay Adraee
- 10.Eid Sabbah
- 11.Ghassan Ashkar
- 12.Jonathan Whittall