Israeli courts have rejected petitions to free 14 Palestinian physicians detained from Gaza without charge or trial, including denying an independent medical evaluation for Kamal Adwan Hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, Turkish news agency Anadolu reported Wednesday, November 11.
Citing a statement from Israeli rights organization Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI), the report said Israel’s Supreme Court declined to release the 14 hospital directors and specialists, while the Lod District Court turned down a request to allow an independent physician and second opinion to examine Abu Safiya.
PHRI noted several doctors have been held for over two years without indictment as Gaza’s healthcare sector reels from severe staff shortages, with roughly 90% of infrastructure across the territory damaged or destroyed since October 2023. Israeli forces detained Abu Safiya on December 27, 2024 during a raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza and have held him under the Unlawful Combatants Law, which allows prolonged detention based on secret evidence.
Palestinian and Israeli rights groups estimate Israel currently holds roughly 9,350 Palestinian detainees—among them around 350 children and 90 women—amid widespread allegations of abuse, starvation, medical neglect, and dozens of deaths in custody, alongside over 74,000 Palestinians killed and more than 175,000 wounded in Gaza since October 2023.
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