Israeli physicians Call on Military to Reveal Gaza Hospital Director Location

Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- The Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) organisation has submitted an “urgent request” to the Israeli military to reveal the location of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital director who was abducted following Israel’s recent raid and destruction of the medical facility.

PHRI said it filed the request on behalf of Abu Safiya’s family after the doctor was “abducted” for refusing to leave Kamal Adwan in north Gaza “until every last patient was evacuated”.

The military’s arrest of Abu Safiya “is part of a broader Israeli assault on Gaza’s healthcare system and the professionals sustaining it,” the rights group said, adding that Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 healthcare workers in Gaza and detained more than 230, with 130 still in custody.

“Thousands of Palestinian detainees have been tortured and abused in Israeli custody over the past 15 months, leading to dozens of deaths from violence and medical neglect, including 3 physicians,” PHIR said.

The rights group added that international law provides special protections to healthcare staff.

Abu Safiya must not be allowed to “join this toll.”

Today, on behalf of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s family, we filed an urgent request with the Israeli military for information on his current whereabouts. The director of Kamal Adwan #Hospital was abducted on Friday after refusing to leave until every last patient was evacuated. pic.twitter.com/sSfIqroycc

— Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) (@PHRIsrael) December 31, 2024