GENEVA: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) called Monday for the immediate release of all Palestinian health care workers “arbitrarily detained” by Israel.
“MSF is outraged by the treatment of health care workers, most of whom are being detained in dire conditions, without justification or cause,” it said in a statement.
The medical charity joined calls for the release of Hussam Abu Safiya, a paediatrician and the director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been held since December 2024.
His detention “follows an appalling pattern of the Israeli authorities detaining and targeting medical staff across Palestine,” said Geneva-based MSF.
Israel said earlier this month that his detention was “lawful,” and rejected reports of him suffering with a life-threatening condition.
