Dr Hussam Abu Safia, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, is among the healthcare workers still held by Israel
At least 160 healthcare workers from Gaza, including more than 20 doctors, are believed to still be inside Israeli detention facilities where torture and rape are routine, The Guardian reported on 25 February.
According to Healthcare Workers Watch (HWW), a Palestinian medical NGO, 162 medical staff remain in Israeli detention, including some of Gaza’s most senior physicians, while 24 others remain missing after being abducted by Israeli forces from hospitals during the war. Another 179 were previously detained but have been released.
“Israel’s targeting of the healthcare workforce in this manner is having a devastating impact on the provision of healthcare to Palestinians, with extensive suffering, countless preventable deaths, and the effective eradication of whole medical specialties,” said HWW director Muath Alser.
The Guardian and Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) have also collected “detailed testimony from seven senior doctors who claimed they were taken from hospitals, ambulances and checkpoints in Gaza, illegally transferred across the border into Israeli-run prison facilities and subjected to months of torture, beatings, starvation, and inhumane treatment before being released without charge.”
Among the senior doctors detained by Israeli forces is Dr Hussam Abu Safia, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, who was detained in December.
🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Cradle
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