What Hussam Abu Safiya’s case shows about the limits of international pressure

LONDON: The image of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya walking toward Israeli forces before his arrest on Dec. 27, 2024, became one of the defining images of the Gaza war. New allegations about the Palestinian doctor’s treatment in Israeli custody have renewed calls for his release and raised fresh questions about the limits of international pressure on Israel. Those concerns deepened after a July 2 prison visit by his lawyer, Nasser Odeh. “This is the last time you will see me,” Abu Safiya told him, according to Odeh. “They brought me here to kill me. I don’t see myself surviving.

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