Emaciated after 530 days in an Israeli jail without charges
The hearing at Israel’s Supreme Court is closed to the public. It is clear to everyone that the imprisonment of Hussam Abu Safiya (held without charges and on the basis of secret accusations that even his lawyer does not know) has perhaps generated the most international mobilization, with calls for his release from the World Health Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and Amnesty International. He is the pediatrician who ran Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital and became a vocal critic of the Israeli invasion until troops arrested him in December 2024. He was seized inside the hospital, the only one still operating in the northern Gaza Strip.
