Amnesty, HRW, MSF Among 25 NGOs Urging Israel to Release Palestinian Health Workers from Prisons
Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- A group of 25 human rights organizations has called for an end to Israel’s arbitrary detention of healthcare workers in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, with at least 185 Palestinian health workers are currently being held in Israeli prisons.
“At least 185 healthcare workers from Gaza and the West Bank were estimated to be in Israeli detention as of February 2025,” the group said in a statement on Monday.
Among them are doctors, nurses, and other health professionals working with humanitarian organizations, including staff of MedGlobal and Children Not Numbers, the groups said, adding “the conditions of many of those still detained remain unknown. Many of those released have reported severe abuse, while some have died in custody.”
Among the signatories of the letter were Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Physicians for Human Rights, MedGlobal, and Médecins Sans Frontières.
“The conditions of many of those still detained remain unknown. Many of those released have reported severe abuse, while some have died in custody.”
The detentions are part of a wider assault on Gaza’s health system, the NGOs said.
“Since October 2023, there have been around 700 attacks on health, including aerial bombardments of hospitals, health clinics and ambulances. Over 1,500 health workers and 460 aid workers have been killed.”
The groups called for Israel’s immediate, unconditional release of “unlawfully detained medical personnel and an end to these arbitrary detentions and wider unlawful attacks on health.”
