UN body calls for release of Gaza hospital director detained by Israel
A United Nations human‑rights body said Israel’s detention of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya was abducted, urged his immediate release and compensation, and said the detention violated multiple human‑rights instruments.
A United Nations human‑rights body said Israel’s detention of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya was abducted and urged his immediate release, compensation and reparations. The body added that the detention contravenes several articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the Gaza Strip, was seized by the Israeli military in Gaza in December 2024. He remains held in Israel without charge, and rights groups and his lawyer say his life is in imminent danger.
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory called for his immediate release, according to Al‑Monitor. The UN Human Rights Council also called for his immediate release, as reported by Press TV. UN experts called for the release of all health and care workers held in abducted detention, according to Middle East Eye.
The UN body warned the case may indicate a systematic practice of abducted detention in Israel, reported by Al Arabiya.
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