08/07/2026
In December of 2024, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya was the last remaining paediatrician at the last operational hospital in Northern Gaza, the Kamal Adwan Hospital.
On the 27th of December 2024, Israeli military arrived and ordered an immediate and forcible evacuation of the hospital and all of its patients– many in critical condition, before setting fire to it.
After evacuating the hospital, Dr. Hussam walked across the rubble strewn streets of Northern Gaza to inform the Israeli military that the hospital had been evacuated. He shook hands with an IDF solider.
And then – he was abducted.
Taken into Israeli custody arbitrarily, without charges or trial – where he has remained for the last 588 days.
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya was Northern Gaza’s last remaining paediatrician.
A paediatrician is a doctor who treats injured children.
This week, his lawyer found him barely able to breathe or sit up after time in Israel’s Rakevet facility, and Dr. Abu Safiya told him: “They brought me here to kill me. This is the last time you will see me.”
He is one of thousands of Palestinians, including 14 other doctors, and 400 children arbitrarily detained by Israel — please read his story and use your voice for his release.
Please share widely. Let’s lift our voices for Dr.Hussam Abu Safiya and Gaza.
Please sign here: https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/release-dr-hussam-abu-safiya/
Amnesty International Médecins Sans Frontières / MSF Palestine Red Crescent society الهلال الاحمر الفلسطيني
