Israeli court refuses to release 14 Gaza doctors held without charge or trial

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Israeli court refuses to release 14 Gaza doctors held without charge or trialhad become the face of health workers struggling to treat patients throughout the war in Gaza before his detention.

JERUSALEM — Israeli courts have rejected petitions seeking the release of 14 Palestinian doctors from the Gaza Strip who are being held without charge or trial, Anadolu Agency reported on Wednesday, an Israeli rights group.

Physicians for Human Rights Israel said the Supreme Court rejected petitions concerning the doctors — including hospital directors and specialists — who are held under the “unlawful combatants law”.

Separately, the Lod District Court rejected a request for Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, to receive an independent medical examination and a second medical opinion despite “alarming indications in his medical records.”

Abu Safiya had become the face of health workers struggling to treat patients throughout the war in Gaza before his detention. He is being held indefinitely, along with thousands of other Palestinian civilians, in prisons that Israeli rights groups say have become torture camps.

“The 14 doctors are being held in Israeli prisons without being charged or brought to trial,” the organization said.

Some have been detained for more than two years while Gaza’s health system is suffering from an acute shortage of medical personnel, it added.

Gaza’s health sector has been largely devastated during Israel’s genocide in the enclave since October 2023, while around 90% of its overall infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed.

Abu Safiya was detained at work on 27 December 2024 during a raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital and later held in solitary confinement at Rakefet, a notorious underground prison.

During a visit by a lawyer from Physicians for Human Rights Israel in the summer, the doctor told of harsh conditions, untreated medical problems and severe food shortages. Witnesses said he had become almost unrecognisable.

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