GENEVA: Israel said on Friday that the detention of a Gaza hospital director, who has been held since December 2024, was “lawful,” and rejected reports that he suffered a life-threatening condition. Hussam Abu Safiya “is lawfully detained by Israel based on concrete intelligence,” Israel’s diplomatic mission in Geneva said on X, accusing him of being a colonel in Hamas.

NEW YORK CITY: UN experts on Tuesday called on Israel to immediately release Palestinian physician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and all health and care workers held in what they…

The lawyer for one of Gaza's most prominent doctors, Hussam Abu Safiya, who has been detained in Israel since 2024, has raised concerns about his physical deterioration.