Israel rights group petitions top court to order release of 14 Gaza doctors

Physicians for Human Rights Israel accuses authorities of hindering the rehabilitation of Gaza’s healthcare system.

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An Israeli human rights organisation has petitioned the Supreme Court to demand the immediate release of 14 doctors from Gaza held without charge for more than a year.

Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHRI) said on Thursday that it filed the petition after the Israeli military’s Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir failed to respond to its request to release the group, which includes paediatricians, orthopaedic specialists and surgeons.

Israel rights group petitions top court to order release of 14 Gaza doctors

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