Middle East Eye reported yesterday that several rights groups had issued warnings about the danger to the life of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza, whom Israeli forces kidnapped on Dec. 27. 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 [Abu 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.
Physicians for Human Rights in Israel (PHR) submitted an official request earlier this week on behalf of the doctor’s family, but was denied information about his whereabouts. An email by the army informed the group on Jan. 3 that “Based on a search, we have no indication of the arrest or detention of the subject of the request.”
