"This is the last time you will see me… They brought me here to kill me."
— Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, to his lawyer, July 2, 2026

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the Palestinian pediatrician and director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, has been detained by Israel for over 557 days without charge or trial. On June 16, 2026, Israel's Supreme Court rejected his appeal for release.

On July 2, his lawyer visited him in an underground section of Nitzan Prison and found him barely recognizable: shackled, covered in fresh bruises and torture marks, struggling to breathe, on the verge of losing consciousness. His son says he described being beaten with a hammer. Physicians for Human Rights Israel and Amnesty International warn his life is in immediate danger. UN experts have demanded his release after reports of "severe torture."

His only "crime" was staying with his patients — "a doctor whose only weapon is a stethoscope." He is one of hundreds of Palestinian healthcare workers detained without charge, in grave violation of international law.

This is an emergency. We demand his immediate release, an independent medical evaluation, and access to legal counsel and the Red Cross.

Public pressure can save his life.