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Israeli Army Exiles A Female Palestinian Journalist To Gaza The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) confirmed, Sunday, that the Israeli army exiled a Palestinian female journalist from the occupied West Bank to the devastated and destroyed Gaza Strip, after abducting her earlier this month. The PPS said the army abducted the journalist, Seeqal Yousef Qaddoum, 51, after stopping her at a military roadblock near Ramallah, in the central West Bank, on February 1 st . While the detained journalist was born in the Gaza Strip, she has been living for many years in the Shiokh Palestinian town, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The PPS added that the army transferred the detained journalist from one of its prisons to the Kerem Shalom Crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, before exiling her to the devastated and destroyed coastal enclave. Seeqal works for the official, government-run Palestine TV, and was abducted by the soldiers on February 1st after they stopped her at a military roadblock near Ramallah. She was first taken to HaSharon Israeli prison and then to the Damoun prison, and was interrogated but was never facing charges. The PPS said the number of fema…

Release Dr Hussam Abu Safia immediately! | Gaza | Al Jazeera Norwegian medical doctor and author. Save Share DrHussam Abu Safia’s life is in imminent danger. This is what his lawyer Nasser Odeh said after visiting him on Thursday in an underground interrogation facility, part of Israel’s Nitzan Prison. If we do not act immediately, Gaza may lose yet another brilliant doctor, and Israel may get away with yet another brutal crime. Abu Safia, a Palestinian paediatrician and hospital director, first captured the global spotlight on December 27, 2024. That day footage surfaced of him wearing a white doctor’s coat and walking through the bombed-out rubble of what was once a northern Gaza street towards an armoured vehicle where Israeli soldiers were waiting for him. He was not surrendering an army; he was surrendering the small but critical Kamal Adwan Hospital after 85 days of siege as his staff and patients were forced to leave at gunpoint. A hospital that should have been protected by international law, international leaders and the United Nations but instead was attacked, deprived of medicine, electricity and supplies. At least30 people were killed and 20 injuredin the hospit…

'Life in a lit grave': Palestinian teen's ordeal in Israeli prison Spending more than six months in Israeli jails, 17-year-old Rose Khwais, the youngest female Palestinian held by Israel, was released under a Gaza ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement. Israeli authorities released 90 Palestinian prisoners, including women and children, on Sunday night from Ofer Prison, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, under the first phase of the ceasefire deal. Khwais was arrested in May 2024 from the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem and sentenced to 10 years in prison. She was not previously detained before enduring this harsh experience. "I entered prison in shock, not even knowing what a prison was,” Khwais said upon returning to her home in East Jerusalem. The young girl, arrested at the age of 16, said she had no knowledge of the Israeli interrogation methods or their harsh tactics. "I didn't even know what a prison cell looked like. All I had heard about prisons was from other prisoners – that it was a small room with a mattress. But I never expected it to be this bad," she added. Describing her experience, Khwais said: "Prison means darkness. You don’t see anyone. It’s …

Israel: Palestinian Healthcare Workers Tortured - Human Rights Watch Click to expand Image A leaked photograph of the detention facility at the Sde Teiman military base shows a blindfolded man with his arms above his head. Interviewed healthcare workers described this image as punishment imposed by Israeli soldiers on Palestinian detainees if they speak or move. © 2024 Private (Jerusalem) – Israeli forces have arbitrarily detained Palestinian healthcare workers in Gaza since hostilities began in October 2023, deported them to detention facilities in Israel, and allegedly tortured and ill-treated them, Human Rights Watch said today. The detention of healthcare workers in the context of the Israeli military’s repeated attacks on hospitals in Gaza has contributed to the catastrophic degradation of the besieged territory’s healthcare system. Released doctors, nurses and paramedics described to Human Rights Watch their mistreatment in Israeli custody, including humiliation, beatings, forced stress positions, prolonged cuffing and blindfolding, and denial of medical care. They also reported torture, including rape and sexual abuse by Israeli forces, denial of medical care, and poor dete…

'The face of a tortured man': Photos of Palestinian journalist released ... Before-and-after photos of a Palestinian journalist released from Israeli detention have sparked anger on social media and calls for accountability from journalists and rights organisations, describing the Israeli prison system as a “tool for both the slow and direct killing” of detainees. Mujahed Bani Mufleh shared a photograph of his shocking physical state after eight months in Israeli prison on his Instagram page on Wednesday. The 36-year-old was held in administrative detention - imprisonment without charge or trial - and eventually released from Israeli prison in January. He found out just two days later that he had suffered a severe brain hemorrhage due to prison conditions and medical neglect. He required emergency surgeries and continues to face a long road to recovery, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said in a statement. The father of three from the town of Beita, in Nablus in the occupied West Bank, described the nights in Israeli prison in a statement accompanying the images: “You lie awake between physical suffering and heavy thoughts, counting the hours and waiting for dawn as if it were s…

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Tortured Palestinian prisoners so badly starved they are ... Tortured Palestinian prisoners so badly starved they are 'unrecognisable' after release and face exile Monday's release still leaves about 1,300 Palestinians from Gaza in Israeli custody, according to a count of detainees in September by the Israeli human rights group Hamoked Comments News Matt Atherton News Editor , Jalal Bwaitel and Sam Metz 15:35, 13 Oct 2025 Updated 15:51, 13 Oct 2025 View 5 Images Palestinian prisoners wave to the crowd after being released from Israeli prison (Image: Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) Palestinians are celebrating in the ruins of Gaza after Israel released nearly 2,000 prisoners in exchange for Hamas's freeing of hostages. The breakthrough ceasefire deal has reunited many prisoners with their families, but many now face still face exile abroad. ‌ One prisoner said he lost more than nine stone (59kg) in captivity, in what was "an indescribable journey of suffering". Kamal Abu Shana, 51, from the West Bank town of Tulkarem said it was "hunger, unfair treatment, oppression, torture and curses - more than anything you could imagine". ‌ Kamal's niece said his famil…

Israeli NGO warns Gaza hospital director’s life is in danger in detention <article data-history-node-id="443610" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-ngo-warns-gaza-hospital-directors-life-danger-detention" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-ngo-warns-gaza-hospital-directors-life-danger-detention" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli NGO warns Gaza hospital director’s life is in danger in detention</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>An Israeli medical NGO has warned that the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza faces a grave risk to his life after months in Israeli detention.</p> <p>Physicians for Human Rights Israel said Abu Safia’s lawyer, Nasser Odeh, visited him at the underground Rakefet interrogation facility in Nitzan Prison and reported a sharp decline in his health “to the point of tangible danger to his life”.</p> <p>The organisation called for his “immediate transfer from the facility and an urgent judicial visit to ass…

Israel kidnapped 42 Palestinian journalists, including 8 women, in 2025 ... # The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) has reported that the Israeli military abducted 42 Palestinian journalists, including eight women, during 2025 in the occupied West Bank, al-Quds, and other parts of the occupied territories. The union reported that the Israeli regime has persisted in a systematic targeting policy involving arbitrary and administrative detention, physical assault, deportation, equipment seizure, and forced interrogation. It said these actions are intended to “suppress coverage and dismantle the national media framework.” The committee on freedoms of the syndicate cautioned against what it termed a "perilous change" in arrest procedures. The freedoms committee of the syndicate cautioned against what it termed a “dangerous shift” in arrest procedures. It stated this includes concentrating on the most influential journalists, consistently detaining the same reporter, broadening the application of administrative detention without formal charges, and employing both physical and psychological violence as a means of deterrence. The report recorded numerous instances where journa…

The West must to act to save Dr Hussam Abu Safiya from being killed by Israel <article data-history-node-id="443667" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-west-must-act-save-hussam-abu-safiya-risk-killed-captivity" class="opinion default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-west-must-act-save-hussam-abu-safiya-risk-killed-captivity" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">The West must to act to save Dr Hussam Abu Safiya from being killed by Israel</span> </a> </h2> <footer> <div class="author"> Submitted by <span class="field field-uid"><a title="View user profile." href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/james-smith" lang about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/james-smith" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>James Smith</a></span> on <span class="field field-created"><time datetime="2026-07-06T10:03:27+01:00" title="6 July 2026 10:03 BST">Mon, 07/06/2026 - 10:03</time> </span> </div> </footer> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-subhead">Dr Abu Safiya must be immediately released. So …

The IDF abducted Palestinian journalist Enas Ikhlawi for documenting ... Mahmoud El-Yousseph January 6, 2026 // Opinion Image Palestinian journalist Enas Ikhlawi was abducted by the IDF from her home in the town of Ithna, west of Hebron on Jan. 5, 2025.She reported on a wide range of topics, including Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians villagers. Photo credit: X Enas Ikhlawi is a young Palestinian journalist committed to documenting and reporting about settlers' attacks against Palestinian villagers. Her goal is to inform the public, hold settlers and IDF attacks to account, and ensure that underrepresented voices of Palestinian villagers are heard. She also led a women's program in Hebron. Sadly, that came abruptly to an end yesterday Monday January 5, when heavily armed IDF soldiers stormed her home in the town of Idana, west of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. According to her brother Raafat Ikhlawi, "After breaking down the doors and arresting my sister Enas in a brutal manner, she was dragged away violently without a hijab or warm clothing. After significant pressure, we were allowed to give her a coat. So far, we do not know her whereabouts or the reason for her arrest…

Inside the Hind Rajab Foundation, the organization hunting Israeli war ... It was a dreadful way for a little girl to die – crouching in the back of a crushed, bullet-ridden car, stranded at a Gaza intersection, meters away from an Israeli Merkava tank; her aunt and uncle dead in the front seat; four cousins slumped over beside her, seeping blood; pleading to a Palestinian dispatcher on the other end of a cell phone line, begging for help, crying that she was scared. Then, in a flash, ripped to shreds by a torrent of machine gun rounds – possibly American. Hind Rajab was killed one year ago today. She was six years old. Hind Rajab (Photo: Maktoob Media via Wikimedia) Now, a foundation established in Hind’s name is seeking justice, not just for Hind, but for the countless Palestinians killed by Israel in contravention of international law. But the foundation isn’t going after Israel as a state, it’s taking a different approach – going after Israeli soldiers themselves. In an October 8 filing to the International Criminal Court, in The Hague, the Brussels-based Hind Rajab Foundation has identified a thousand Israeli soldiers it thinks the court should prosecute, based on 8,000 piece…

Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody have surged. A prison guard ... A report by an Israeli human rights group says at least 98 Palestinians have died in Israeli detention facilities since the war in Gaza began. Physicians for Human Rights-Israel says systematic violence and denial of medical care contributed to the majority of the deaths it looked into. (AP Video) TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The number of Palestinians dying in Israeli custody surged to nearly 100 people since the start of the war in Gaza, according to a report published Monday by a human rights group that says systematic violence and denial of medical care at prisons and detention centers contributed to many of the deaths it examined. The picture that emerges from thereport by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel is consistent withfindings by The Associated Press, which interviewed more than a dozen people about prison abuses, medical neglect and deaths, analyzed available data, and reviewed reports of autopsies. AP spoke with a former guard and a former nurse at one prison, an Israeli doctor who treated malnourished prisoners brought to his hospital, former detainees and their relatives, and lawyers representing th…

'I feel like a prisoner': Gazan workers trapped in the occupied West ... Live updates: Follow the latest on Israel-Gaza Every two or three days, when the phones work, Ahmed calls his wife and eight children, who are facing Israeli strikes in the besieged Jabaliya area of northern Gaza . “They are staying in their homes. If they go outside, they will be killed, there are [armed] quadcopters ,” Ahmed, not his real name, told The National . “They don’t have any food or water. They are all besieged.” For the past 13 months, Ahmed, 61, has been trapped in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Before the war began he was among about 18,500 Gazans who held permits to enter Israel for work. Cogat, the Israeli body responsible for co-ordination with the occupied Palestinian Territories, told The National that “dozens” more entered Israel every month for medical treatment unavailable in the enclave’s limited healthcare system. After Hamas took over Gaza in 2007, Israel and Egypt tightened a blockade on the enclave. Israel widely viewed its granting of work permits as a goodwill measure; its critics saw it as a means of controlling Gaza’s population. More than a year later, Ahmed is one of thousan…

'They brought me here to kill me': The doctor who became Gaza's ... Americas Europe Mid-East 7 min. Read ‘They brought me here to kill me’: The doctor who became Gaza’s conscience, now fading in a dark Israeli prison By R Powell July 6, 2026 Facebook X Pinterest WhatsApp When Nasser Odeh walked into the visiting room at Israel’s Rakefet prison on the afternoon of July 2, he was prepared for a difficult encounter. He had represented Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya for months, had seen him through transfers and solitary confinement, and had grown accustomed to the gaunt face and tired eyes of his client. But the man shackled to the chair in front of him was almost unrecognisable. Abu Safiya—once the defiant, white-coated director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, whose video pleas from a besieged emergency room made him a symbol of Palestinian medical resilience—could barely breathe. He struggled to sit upright. Fresh, severe injuries covered his head, around his eyes, and across his ears and neck. He repeatedly seemed on the verge of losing consciousness. “The individual I encountered during this latest visit was not the same person I had previously met,” Odeh said in a joint stateme…

Israel detains 24 doctors from Gaza in extremely dire conditions ... August 4, 2025 at 10:38 am A group of activists gather in front of Sde Teiman prison in the Negev desert near the Gaza Strip, demanding the release of Palestinian doctors arrested by Israeli forces in Gaza and the release of Palestinians who were arrested without charge, in Negev Desert, Israel on January 10, 2025. [Mostafa Alkharouf – Anadolu Agency] The Israeli occupation continues to detain 24 doctors from the Gaza Strip in extremely dire humanitarian conditions, a prisoners’ rights group has said. The Palestinian Center for Prisoners’ Advocacy said in a statement on Sunday that Israel has inflicted the most heinous, systematic and deliberate abuse against the detained doctors resulting in the deaths of doctors Adnan al-Barsh and Iyad al-Rantisi. The center called on the World Health Organization and the United Nations to work urgently and diligently to ensure the immediate release of Palestinian doctors from Israeli prisons. It noted that reports issued by the United Nations and human rights organisations, such as Physicians for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch, have documented the exposure of health …

'Shocking' photo of freed Palestinian journalist shows 'tragic ... Spread the love This work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License . Palestinian journalist Mujahid Bani Mufleh. [Photos/Social Media] A prisoner advocacy group said Wednesday the “shocking” photo of Palestinian journalist Mujahid Bani Mufleh after six months in Israeli detention shows the ongoing “tragic” conditions in Israeli prisons, Anadolu reports. “Israeli prisons have turned into a tool for slow and direct killing of Palestinian prisoners,” the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a statement. Bani Mufleh posted a photo of himself on Wednesday after a long treatment journey for an illness he contracted while imprisoned by Israel. The photo showed part of his brain skull removed as a result of surgeries he underwent while in Israeli detention. The Palestinian journalist also lost significant weight, appearing noticeably pale and almost unrecognizable. “Bani Mufleh is not an isolated case, but points to thousands of cases that have been subjected to systematic violations inside Israeli prisons, including torture, starvation, deni…

Locked up like an animal in cage...forced to witness rape and slaughter ... ByIMOGEN GARFINKEL - SENIOR FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published:09:58 EDT, 28 June 2026|Updated:11:16 EDT, 1 July 2026 1k Viewcomments Mia Schem was shot in the arm at point-blank range by aHamasgunman, losing five litres of blood as she was dragged by terrorists intoGaza. There, she was held like an 'animal in a cage', and told she would never return to her home in Israel, but would instead be married off to a man in the Palestinian enclave. Omer Wenkert was beaten with a metal rod, sprayed with pesticides and lost 40 per cent of his body weight while suffering for 505 days in an underground tunnel. He began to crave death and even did a ritualistic ceremony where he bid farewell to his family, accepting his fate. Hadar Sharvit overheard the screams of Israeli women being raped by Hamas militants at the Nova festival site, and still remembers the smell of hundreds of burnt bodies. Hiding from terrorists only a few metres away from her, she apologised to her father over the phone, telling him she loved him — sure that her murder was only a few seconds away. On October 7, 2023, thousands of Hamas gunm…

'We returned from hell': Palestinian journalists recount torture in Israeli ... Content warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of physical, psychological, and sexual violence. Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abdel Aal remembers the moment the ear-splitting music started. For five days, he said, he was held blindfolded in a room in an Israeli detention site, stripped and beaten, while loud Hebrew and English songs played at an unrelenting volume. Every time he drifted into unconsciousness, an electric shock or a blow jolted him awake. Another journalist, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals, described similar treatment inside what detainees refer to as the “disco room.” He said soldiers bound his genitals with zip ties and beat him until the injuries made it impossible to urinate without blood. “They told me that I would no longer be a man,” he said. Their accounts are among 59 in-depth testimonies collected by the Committee to Protect Journalists from Palestinian journalists released from Israeli custody since October 7, 2023. These interviews revealed that 58 — all but one of those released — reported being subjected to what they described as torture, abuse, …

Prominent Gaza hospital chief is among dozens of medical staff still ... A woman holds a sign with a photo of Palestinian Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya during a protest calling for his release in front of the Shin Bet offices in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File) An Israeli police officer stands outside Ofer military prison near Jerusalem, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File) Hamas gunmen escort buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners arriving in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails under a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi) CAIRO (AP) — Under Gaza’s ceasefire deal, Israel freed dozens of doctors, nurses, paramedics and other medical personnel seized during raids on hospitals. But more than 100 remain in Israeli prisons, including Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya,a hospital directorwho became the face of the struggle to keep treating patients under Israeli siege and bombardment. Despite widespread calls for his release, Abu Safiya was not among the hundreds of Palestinian detainees and prisoners freed Monday in exchange for 20 hosta…

'Lit grave': Youngest freed woman prisoner recounts worsening abuses in ... January 23, 2025 at 8:10 pm A Palestinian prisoner is welcomed by a relative upon the arrival of some 90 prisoners set free by Israel in the early hours of January 20, 2025 in the occupied West Bank town of Beitunia, on the outskirts of Ramallah. [Zain JAAFAR / AFP/ Getty Images] Spending more than six months in Israeli jails, 17-year-old Rose Khwais, the youngest female Palestinian held by Israel, was released under the Gaza ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement that took effect on 19 January,Anadolu Agencyreports. Israeli authorities released 90 Palestinian prisoners, including women and children, on Sunday night from Ofer Prison, west of Ramallah in the Occupied West Bank, under the first phase of the ceasefire deal. Khwais was arrested in May 2024 from the Old City of East Jerusalem and sentenced to 10 years in prison. She was not previously detained before enduring this harsh experience. “I entered prison in shock, not even knowing what a prison was,” Khwais toldAnadoluupon returning to her home in East Jerusalem. The young girl, arrested at the age of 16, said she had no knowledge of the Israel…

Genocide behind bars: 32 Palestinians killed in Israeli detention in ... Leading Palestinian prisoner rights groups have accused Israel of committing a "systematic genocide" against detainees, with at least 32 recorded prisoner deaths in 2025. According to an annual report published by the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) and Addameer, prisoners have died under "severely inhumane systematic policies". "These facilities have turned into sites of torture, designed to break prisoners physically and mentally through prolonged, deliberate suffering, and slow-execution policies," the report said. At least 100 prisoner deaths under these conditions have been documented since October 2023, according to information disclosed by Israel. The identities of 86 of them were released, while the real Palestinian death toll in Israeli prisons remains unknown. The report noted that 94 bodies of Palestinians – 83 of whom died during Israel's genocidal war on Gaza – continue to be withheld by Israeli authorities. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and ot…

Freed Israeli hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal recounts sexual abuse in Gaza ... Freed Israeli hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal gestures from a van as he arrives at Beilinson hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, after he was released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Stripl, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File) Ilan Dalal, father of Guy Gilboa-Dalal, who was kidnapped on Oct. 7 in a cross-border attack by Hamas at the Nova music festival, stands next to a photo of his son during a press conference at the site in Re’im, southern Israel, Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File) Freed Israeli hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal gestures from a van as he arrives at Beilinson hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, after he was released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Stripl, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File) JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli man who said he was sexually abused while he was held hostage in the Gaza Strip is hoping to use his voice to help empower victims who have suffered similar assaults, including in conflict zones, he said in remarks ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. Guy Gilboa-Dalal, 25, spent two years in …

Israel's systemic abuse of Palestinian prisoners exposed in report No products in the basket. Two years into the genocide in Gaza and the expansion of the Israel occupation’s military operations across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem,prisoner’s rightsorganisations say theoccupation’s prisonshave become central to a system of organised violence. A new report, titledPrisons as a Frontline of Genocide: Two Years of War Crimes Against Palestinian Political Detainees,by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, and Addameer, details widespread abuses against Palestinian political detainees, and describes this past two years as: one of the most brutal periods in the history of the Palestinian prisoner movement, which has long resisted a prison system designed to physically and psychologically destroy detainees. The total number of Palestinian political prisoners Israel has killed while in detention, since 1967, is estimated at 314 people. According to the report, 77 have been killed, and their identities confirmed, since the beginning of the genocide in Gaza. This is a record number, with the deaths attributed to beatings, medical neglect, s…

Israeli forces arrest two Palestinians during raid in Nablus <article data-history-node-id="443600" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-arrest-two-palestinians-during-raid-nablus" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-arrest-two-palestinians-during-raid-nablus" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces arrest two Palestinians during raid in Nablus</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Citing local sources, Palestinian news agency WAFA said that Israeli forces stormed the city of Nablus on Saturday, raided several homes, and then arrested the two young men named&nbsp;Awni Al-Shakhshir and Ibrahim Al-Fino.</p> <p>The Palestinian Prisoners Society said on Wednesday that Israeli forces had arrested at least 20 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, since Tuesday evening.</p> <p>The group said those detained included five women: Jamila Abu Dahou and Jamila Kanaan from Ramallah, released prisoner Ma…

"All My Dreams Have Been Erased" - Human Rights Watch The [Israeli] soldiers came and told us to leave. No one told us where to go, just to get out of the camp. My fear is that what happened in 1948 will happen to us here. I have an inner belief that we won’t be able to come back ever. – Nadim M., displaced from Tulkarem refugee camp, March 26, 2025 Nadim M., a pseudonym for a 60-year-old father of four, was forced to flee Tulkarem refugee camp in the West Bank of the Occupied Palestinian Territory in January 2025 when Israeli military forces raided the camp and stormed his home. He told Human Rights Watch that Israeli soldiers restrained him with zip ties, searched his property, and then ordered him and his family to leave, warning them that if they turned to go to the left or to the right they would be targeted by Israeli snipers who were deployed in high places nearby. With no clear destination and no information about available shelters or humanitarian assistance, Nadim M. and his family found refuge in a local mosque that had opened its doors to displaced residents from the camp. On January 21, just two days after a temporary ceasefire was announced between Israel and Pale…

Doctors Abu Safiya and al-Hams face life-threatening danger in Israeli ... Sunday 5-July-2026 WEST BANK, (PIC) Palestinian human rights institutions have warned that the lives of detained Palestinian doctors Hussam Abu Safiya and Marwan al-Hams are in grave danger due to their exposure to daily torture in Israeli prisons. The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs said that Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya are exposed to torture, abuse, and harsh detention conditions that threaten his life, affirming that the Israeli prison service seeks to liquidate him. In a statement on Sunday, head of the Commission Ra’ed Abul-Hems reported that Dr. Abu Safiya’s face and body bear evident signs of severe beatings and torture, adding that he is being starved, denied medical treatment and medication, and held in solitary confinement. “The doctor’s health has sharply deteriorated, with his physical appearance visibly changed. He suffers from severe exhaustion, struggles to breathe and speak, and remains handcuffed and shackled most of the time,” Abul-Hems said. Abul-Hems called on Physicians for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, and international medical bodies to la…

Palestinian prisoners — Israeli lawyer branded traitor for exposing ... Since the beginning of the genocide in Gaza, conditions for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have deteriorated significantly. Testimonies from human rights organisations, lawyers, and former detainees describe a system where overcrowding, beatings, deprivation, and isolation have intensified to levels previously unseen. Palestinian political prisoners have no visits The United Nations Committee Against Torture claims the Israeli regime has a “de facto State policy of organised and widespread torture and ill-treatment” against Palestinian prisoners. Palestinian prisoners’ rights groups describe the last 26 months as “one of the most brutal periods in the history of the Palestinian prisoner movement”. Ben Marmarelli is an anti-Zionist Israeli lawyer and sociologist. He tells the Canary: Since 7 October 2023, the prisoners’ most basic needs and human rights are not being met. They are being humiliated from every interaction they have with the prison guards. The only visits are from their specific lawyer. That’s it. They don’t get any information about the outside world, and don’t know what’s going on with t…

Lawyer warns detained Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya is in critical condition By: Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press Posted: 7:17 AM CDT Sunday, Jul. 5, 2026 Last Modified: 7:57 AM CDT Sunday, Jul. 5, 2026 Advertisement Advertise with us Tweet Share Print Email Read Later TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The lawyer for a prominent Palestinian doctor who was seized by Israeli forces 18 months ago said his client has been abused in captivity and is in critical condition, according to the human rights group representing him. Read this article for free: or Already have an account? Log in here » To continue reading, please subscribe: Digital Subscription One year of digital access for only $1.44 a week * Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper Access News Break, our award-winning app Play interactive puzzles *Billed as $5.77 plus GST every four weeks. After 52 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time. To continue reading, please subscribe: Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additi…

Palestinian doctor challenges detention by Israeli forces in Gaza | AP News This image provided by the Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI), Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who was head of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza and has been held in Israeli detention for the past 17 months without charge, is seen on a video call from prison during an Israeli Supreme Court hearing of an appeal by his lawyers to end his detention, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) via AP) JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court was weighing whether to extend the detention of a prominentPalestinian doctor who was seized by Israeli forces17 months ago in Gaza and appeared via video conference before the judges to challenge his imprisonment. By Thursday afternoon, the court had not yet released a decision, said Naji Abbas, director of prisoners and detainees at Physicians for Human Rights — Israel, a nonprofit group. Hussam Abu Safiya, who served asdirector of the Kamal Adwan Hospitalin northern Gaza, became of the face of health workersstruggling to treat patientsthroughout the Israel-Hamas war. He led the facility throughan 85-day siege by the Israeli military…

The continuing disappearance of Gaza's Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya He tried to keep Gaza’s Kamal Adwan hospital open as Israel invaded. He was seized outside the hospital by the Israeli army and  has been imprisoned ever since By Amel Guettatfi Drop Site News 12 Sept 2025 In the early hours of 27 Dec 2024, the walls of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza shook as Israeli forces dropped bombs nearby. By sunrise, bulldozers had flattened the earth leading to the entrance and Israeli tanks were closing in. Snipers surrounded the complex. Inside, 350 patients, doctors, nurses and their families huddled in the hallways. “I thought it was the last day of my life,” Abdel Moneim Al-Shrafi, a nurse in his early twenties, told Al Jazeera’s documentary program Fault Lines . At around 6am., a voice from a quadcopter hovering over the hospital summoned Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the acting director of the Kamal Adwan Medical Complex. His wife of more than 30 years, Albina, watched as he climbed through rubble to reach an Israeli tank a block away. “He went to them in his white coat,” she said. “He was going to them confident that he had not done anything wrong.” A photo of Dr. Abu Safiya approaching t…

Israeli jails a 'graveyard,' says freed Palestinian journalist A Palestinian journalist said Israeli prisons have become a "graveyard" for the living, following a dramatic decline in his health after being released earlier this year. In late April, Israel released 60-year-old journalist Ali Al-Samoudi from Jenin after a year in detention.

Israel and The Occupied Palestinian Territory: Release Pediatrician and ... Home / Urgent Action Network / ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY: RELEASE PEDIATRICIAN AND HOSPITAL DIRECTOR Home / Urgent Action Network / ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY: RELEASE PEDIATRICIAN AND HOSPITAL DIRECTOR ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY: RELEASE PEDIATRICIAN AND HOSPITAL DIRECTOR UA: 3.25 Share: Only 114 days left to join us and support this case! On December 27, 2024, the Israeli military raided Kamal Adwan hospital in Mashrou’ Beit Lahiya and arbitrarily detained its director, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya , along with other medical staff and patients. The raid put the hospital, the last functioning major medical facility in the North Gaza governorate, out of service. Dr Hussam Abu Safiya has been a prominent voice of Gaza’s decimated healthcare sector. April 28, 2026 Update: The Israeli court approved the extension of Abu Safiya’s detention under the Unlawful Combatant Law without filing any charges against him, rejecting the defense’s request for his immediate release. Abu Safiya continues to be held in Negev Prison under harsh conditions and is being denied ac…

Israeli practices/tortureof Arab prisoners - Letter from Sudan Israeli practices/tortureof Arab prisoners – Letter from Sudan English Français العربية 中文 Русский Español Letter dated 30 June 1977 from the Permanent Representative of the Sudan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General I have the honour to forward herewith the text of an article entitled "Israel tortures Arab Prisoners" and a related editorial which appeared in The Sunday Times 19 June 1977 with the request that they be circulated as an official document the General Assembly, under items 30 and 57 of the preliminary list, and of the Security Council. I would appreciate it very much if the attention of the President of the Security Council could be drawn to the subject—matter. (Signed)  Mustafa MEDANI Permanent Representative of the Sudan Chairman of the Arab Group ANNEX A. Article published in "The Sunday Times" (London) on 19 June 1977 Israel tortures Arab prisoners Special investigation by INSIGHT Israeli interrogators routinely ill-treat and often torture Arab prisoners. This central conclusion emerges from a five-month inquiry into Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.  The methods used v…

Doctors fear for life of Gaza hospital chief Abu Safiya held by Israel February 8, 2025 at 3:35 pm The head of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. [Screengrab/dr.hussam73/Instagram] Medical professionals who came to Geneva from around the world voiced concerns for Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, who was detained by Israel during a Dec. 27 raid on the facility,Anadolu reports. No updates have since been provided about his safety or well-being. Many fear he could meet a fate similar to Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh, a prominent orthopedic surgeon, who died in Israeli custody in April — four months after being arrested during the Israeli military’s ground invasion of the Jabalya refugee camp. Abu Safiya’s detention has sparked widespread outrage among health care workers, with many calling it a grim escalation in what they see as the systematic targeting of medical professionals in Gaza. “We’re very, very afraid of that,” Dr. Semia Sadfi Charbonnier, a general practitioner in Geneva, told Anadolu, referring to reports of torture used on Abu Safiya in Israeli detention. Charbonnier is part of the International Healthcare Workers Coalition, w…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email FILE - A woman holds a sign that reads "Free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, Free Gaza" during a protest in front of the Shin Bet offices, calling for his release, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Jan. 1, 2025. Matias Delacroix - AP Let the news come to you Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Explore newsletters Support Local Journalism If you value these stories, please consider subscribing. Subscribe Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The lawyer for a prominent Palestinian doctor who was seized by Israeli forces 18 months ago said his client has been abused in captivity and is in critical condition, according to the human rights group representing him. Hussam Abu Safiya who served as director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, became the face of health workers struggling to treat patients throughout the Israel-Hamas war. He led the facility through an 85-day siege by the Israeli military , releasing videos in which he pleaded for help before he was arrested in December 2024. He has not been charged. The Israeli military said Abu Saf…

'Graves for the living': Released Palestinian abductees offer new ... Home World ‘Graves for the living’: Released Palestinian abductees offer new testimonies on Israeli... World Facebook X Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin ReddIt Email Tumblr Telegram Freed Palestinian prisoners wave as they arrive in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails under a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 13, 2025. Newly released Palestinian abductees have stated that Israeli prisons subject prisoners to horrific conditions, describing the detention centers as “graves for the living.” Their testimonies emerged as groups of released abductees arrived at Shuhada’ Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza. One freed abductee, told Al Jazeera that he spent three months in Sde Teiman detention camp in the Negev, but the period felt like decades because of the torture he endured. He said he witnessed many forms of abuse inside the prison. During the interview, he opened his mouth to show several missing and broken teeth, which resulted from beatings by Israeli guards. Another freed abductee, Ghith Aliyan Mohammad Abu Aoun, said he works a…

Gaza chief doctor's life 'in danger' after Israeli abduction, monitor ... Several rights groups have warned there are "alarming indications" of torture and abuse of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, after he was abducted by Israeli forces in late December. Safiya, who oversaw north Gaza's last functioning hospital, is reportedly being held at Israel's notorious Sde Teiman prison, where abuse - including torture, murder and rape - is rife. According to information received by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, the doctor's health has deteriorated following his detainment. "Euro-Med Monitor warns of the grave risk to [Safiya's] life, following patterns of deliberate killings and deaths under torture previously suffered by other doctors and medical staff," the Geneva-based NGO said. Testimonies gathered by the group indicate that Abu Safiya has endured abuse after Israeli forces stormed the bombed-out Kamal Adwan Hospital. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters Examples of these abusive acts include being ordered to strip off his clothing and …

'It's because of Ben Gvir': Freed hostage claims Hamas abuse worsened ... Former hostage Bar Kuperstein has revealed that his Hamas captors told him “it’s because of Ben Gvir” as they beat him during his time in captivity. In the trailer for an upcoming interview with Israel’s national broadcasterKan, the 23-year-old claimed he was beaten so badly that he couldn’t walk for a month as an “eye for an eye” retaliation for National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir saying that he would be making life less comfortable for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. "They said… you’ll get what he does to our prisoners, ‘an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth’” Kuperstein told the network, adding: “They repeated that a bunch more times, came and beat us up.” Going into further details about the abuse he suffered, Kupperstein – who was abducted from Nova festival – recalled”: “They took me to their room – eyes blindfolded, of course – and the moment I came in I got two blows like this, right to [either side of] the face, cymbals, really,” he said, miming a pair of cymbals being crashed together. “I fell to the floor from the force.” He went on: “They pulled me by the legs the entire …

Guardian details Israel's illegal detention and torture of Gaza's ... This report, from the Guardian, 25 February 2025, is the latest in a long line of such reports detailing the detention and systematic torture of Palestinian healthcare workers by the Israeli state. 25 February 2025 More than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of torture Senior doctors claim they were subjected to months of physical abuse, as UN calls for release of those still detained Annie Kelly , Hoda Osman and Farah Jallad Tue 25 Feb 2025 05.00 GMT At least 160 healthcare workers from Gaza, including more than 20 doctors, are believed to still be inside Israeli detention facilities as the World Health Organisation expressed deep concern about their wellbeing and safety. Healthcare Workers Watch (HWW), a Palestinian medical NGO, said it had confirmed that 162 medical staff remained in Israeli detention, including some of Gaza’s most senior physicians, and a further 24 were missing after being taken from hospitals during the conflict. Muath Alser, director of HWW, said the detention of large numbers of doctors, nurses, paramedics and other healthcare workers from Gaza was illegal under inter…

'This is revenge': Israel deports Palestinian prisoners then bars ... For 24 years, every time Intisar visited her son Habis Bayyoud in an Israeli prison, he told her the same thing: “My freedom will be the day I can hug you outside these walls.” The former Palestinian prisoner thought that day had finally come in October, when he was released and deported to Egypt under the Gaza ceasefire and prisoner-swap deal between Israel and Hamas. In the West Bank village of al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiya near Ramallah, Intisar, 78, was overjoyed when she saw his name on the release list. Even when an Israeli intelligence officer told her he would be sent to Egypt rather than home, she tried to console herself: “It doesn’t matter, as long as he’s free.” What she never expected was that the Israeli military would bar the entire family from leaving the occupied West Bank, leaving Habis alone in Egypt. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters “All seven of us siblings, my mother and our children, tried to travel,” Jamal Bayyoud, Habis’ brother, told Middle East Eye. “Everyone of us wa…

Israeli Forces Detain Kamal Adwan Hospital Director Hussam Abu Safiya ... In Gaza’s war zone, Palestinian paediatricianDr Hussam Abu Safia, director ofKamal Adwan Hospital, became a symbol of courage when he walked towards an Israeli tank after being ordered to approach, while his family lived for months after Israeli forces threatened their home. “In a besieged hospital in Gaza, Dr Hussam Abu Safia fights to save lives amid a blockade, personal tragedy and detention, triggering global calls for justice” The documentary described a blockade on medicine, food, water and fuel as Abu Safia treated waves of war-wounded patients, and it said his son Ibrahim was killed, another son Idris was injured, and the doctor himself was wounded. It also said that in December 2024, Kamal Adwan was bombed and stormed, with staff detained and tortured, and that Abu Safia remains in “administrative detention” without charge. The film’s account tied the hospital’s besiegement to a wider pattern of detention, with global calls for his release closing the story. The same Gaza hospital director is later described in Israeli prison reporting as imprisoned since 2024, with Physicians for Human Rights …

UN Experts Urge Israel to Free Gaza Doctor, Citing Reports of 'Severe ... Daily news & progressive opinion—funded by the people, not the corporations—delivered straight to your inbox. Healthcare workers and allies rally in support of Palestinians and to demand the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and all Palestinian healthcare workers in Israeli jails, in New York City on January 6, 2025. Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya's imprisonment appears "to be flagrantly arbitrary and manifestly inconsistent with the Mandela Rules, which establish the obligation of states to ensure prisoners have access to healthcare.” A pair ofUnited Nationshuman rightsexperts on Tuesday called on Israel to immediately release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a Palestinian physician and hospital director who has been imprisoned for more than 450 days and allegedly tortured by his captors. Israel must ensure Abu Safiya "is granted access to medical examination and treatment," UN Special Rapporteurs Tlaleng Mofokeng and Ben Saulsaid, adding that the doctor reportedly suffered "severetorture." “We have received reports that Dr. Abu Safiya has been subjected to torture and other cruel and degrading treatment, and that his hea…

Cousin of Israeli slain in captivity says military pressure is killing ... * Protests in Israel demand a hostage deal, criticize government's approach * We fight for hostages’ lives, not for revenge, says Dickmann * Autopsy: Hostages shot in the head before Israeli forces arrived * Hamas blames Netanyahu for hostages' deaths by refusing ceasefire deal By Emily Rose JERUSALEM, Sept 10 - Gil Dickmann's worst nightmare came true when he was told his cousin Carmel Gat, who had survived 11 months in Hamas captivity, had been killed in a tunnel in Gaza just before Israeli forces arrived. "She was so close to hugging her father," Dickmann, 32, told Reuters outside the Israeli Knesset, where he was lobbying lawmakers to push for a dealto secure the hostages' release. "We failed as a country, we failed as a community." Gat's body and those of five fellow hostages were recovered by Israeli troops on Sept 1, triggering an outpouring of grief and mass protests among Israelis demanding a hostage deal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly said increased military pressure would ultimately bring the hostages home. An autopsy revealed that Gat and the other five ho…

U.N. experts demand release of Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safiya after ... Add NBC News to Google Israel raids one of Gaza's only functioning hospitals, takes director into custody 02:58 Get more news Live on Share Add NBC News to Google March 25, 2026, 11:55 AM EDT / Updated March 26, 2026, 4:21 AM EDT By Chantal Da Silva United Nations experts are calling for Israel to immediately release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya , a prominent doctor from the Gaza Strip who has been held without charge for more than a year, saying they had received reports that he's endured "severe torture." Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. "Dr. Abu Safiya, a highly respected Palestinian medical administrator and paediatrician, has suffered an arbitrary deprivation of liberty" and "violation of his human rights, including the right of every human being to be free from torture," the experts said in a statement released this week. Calling for his immediate release, the experts, U.N. special rapporteurs Tlaleng Mofokeng and Ben Saul, warned they had received reports that Abu Safiya, head of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, was facing "cruel a…

My only "crime" was being a doctor - amnesty.ca In the occupied Gaza Strip, Palestinian healthcare workers have been facing unprecedented dangers, with many detained under conditions that violate international humanitarian law. Amnesty International continues to document these systemic abuses, including Israel’s widespread use of torture and other ill-treatment againstPalestinian detainees, while demanding the immediate and unconditional release of all those arbitrarily detained. Below, Dr. Ahmad Mhanna, former director of Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza, shares his harrowing testimony of survival. At around 4 pm on 16 December 2023, the Israeli military raided Al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia refugee camp. They handcuffed and blindfolded me before taking me to a house a short distance away while I was still wearing my surgical scrubs. I was left on a stairwell overnight, restrained the entire time. At no point did the soldiers question me. In the middle of the night, the building began shaking violently from the sound of a nearby bulldozer. The dust was stifling, and I feared the house would collapse on me before the machine finally moved away. By 8 am the following day, they had…

UN Experts Demand Immediate Release of Gaza Doctor Hussam Abu Safia ... Middle East UN Experts Demand Immediate Release of Gaza Doctor Hussam Abu Safia Amid Severe Torture Allegations Justin March 24, 2026, 10:20 am Share Source: www.aljazeera.com AVANDATIMES.COM – United Nations human rights investigators have issued an urgent appeal for the immediate release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safia , the former head of northern Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital , citing alarming reports of physical abuse and medical neglect. The experts warned on Tuesday that the physician’s health has deteriorated significantly while in Israeli custody, where he has been held without formal charges since late 2024. Special rapporteurs Tlaleng Mofokeng and Ben Saul stated that they have received credible information indicating that Abu Safia’s physical state “remains dire” following months of incarceration. The experts expressed grave concern over the conditions of his detention and the lack of transparency regarding his legal status. “He has been systematically denied critical medical examination and treatment, and deprived of essential care to such an extent that his life, health, and wellbeing have been gravely end…

Palestinian Doctors Abandoned: The AMA's Silence on Gaza and Dr. Hussam ... At the annual conference of the American Medical Association, activists from CODEPINK urged physicians to speak out for Palestinian pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who has been held in Israeli detention for over 500 days without charge. This article examines the response of the AMA leadership and staff, contrasts it with the organization’s earlier support… Written by Jenin M – – Originally Published in Countercurrents Photo caption.  Press conference outside of Al-Ahli Hospital on October 18th, 2023. “We have nothing to do withthat.” An American Medical Association staff member said this to me with a look of disdain on her face. I was at the AMA’s annual conference in Chicago, urging the doctors in attendance to speak up for their imprisoned Palestinian colleague, pediatrician and neonatologist Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. My group posted up outside conference rooms and handed out informational flyers uplifting his story. Dr. Abu Safiya has been held in brutal Israeli detention for over 500 days without charge; you would think these details would trigger some sympathy or at least curiosity in his Ame…

Hopes dashed for release of prominent Gaza doctor detained by Israel Add NBC News to Google Israel raids one of Gaza's only functioning hospitals, takes director into custody 02:58 Get more news Live on Share Add NBC News to Google Oct. 16, 2025, 2:22 PM EDT By Chantal Da Silva A prominent doctor who had become a voice for besieged Palestinians in Gaza and was detained by Israeli forces in December has had his detention without charge extended, his family and legal representatives said Thursday. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. The family and supporters of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the head of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, had hoped he would be released under a ceasefire deal, along with dozens of medical workers who had been detained during Israel’s offensive in the Palestinian enclave. According to an X post by Al Mezan Center for Human Rights , a legal group based in Gaza, an Israeli court “rubberstamped” the extension of Abu Safiya’s detention for another six months in a closed-door hearing. In a separate statement on Abu Safiya’s own account, his family also said his administrative detention had been…