Gaza: doctors under attack

As Israel has bombed Gaza, hundreds of Palestinian doctors and medics have refused to leave their hospitals. Hundreds of medics have been killed. Hundreds detained. Many of them have been forcibly disappeared.”

Israeli whistleblowers have told us they have witnessed Palestinian prisoners being tortured. And that some medics are complicit.

”I don’t even think that in the Israeli society there is a need for cover up these days."

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Gaza doctor Adnan Al-Bursh 'raped, tortured to death' in Israeli custody, new report reveals - The Business Standard

Israel Arrested a Senior Doctor in Gaza. Six Days Later, He Died in a Shin Bet Interrogation Facility - Haaretz

The Killing, Detention and Torture of Healthcare Workers in Gaza - Healthcare Workers Watch

"Dr Abu Salmiya also said that Palestinian prisoners were facing verbal and physical humiliation, as well as a lack of food and water.”
Israel releases head of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital after seven months - BBC

"He is one of more than 885 healthcare workers reportedly killed in Gaza and the West Bank since 7 October 2023. This includes nurses, paramedics, doctors, and other medical personnel. Many more have been injured.”
UN expert shocked by death of another Palestinian doctor in Israeli detention - UN, 24 September 2024

Red Cross outraged over killing of medics by Israeli forces in Gaza - BBC

Gaza: Israelis Attacking Known Aid Worker Locations - Human Rights Watch

"Israeli forces fired upon a clearly identified Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) water truck … The vehicle’s route and schedule had been communicated in advance to the Israeli authorities, as MSF does on a daily basis.”  
MSF condemns Israeli attack on water distribution site in Gaza City 

Inside Israel’s ‘torture’ jails where Palestinians held without charge tell of brutal treatment - The Independent

Israel’s escalating use of torture against Palestinians in custody a preventable crime against humanity - United Nations

“A functional, law-abiding state does not starve human beings – regardless of what they have done.”
Israel High Court majority rules: Israel Prison Service fails to provide adequate nutrition to prisoners - The Jerusalem Post

“These include the prevalence of traumatic night-time arrests raids against children in their family home; children being painfully hand-tied, blindfolded, transferred to detention on the floor of a military vehicle, and subjected to physical and verbal abuse by Israeli soldiers.”
What Palestinian Children Face in Israeli Prisons - Time

"The United Nations also urged a "full-scale investigation" and referenced "a number of videos in recent months which show gross violations of the rights of Palestinians detained by Israel including acts of ill-treatment, torture, sexual violence, and rape.”
Video appears to show IDF soldiers sexually abusing Palestinian detainee - Sky News

Al Jazeera's Fault Lines releases documentary about Israel's months-long detention of Dr Abu Safiya

A new documentary has been released about Israel's imprisonment of Doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, the pediatrician and director of a hospital in northern Gaza.

Abu Safiya was detained on December the 27th, when Israeli forces raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital. His lawyer has repeatedly said he is being tortured and held in solitary confinement. In March, an Israeli court upheld the paediatrician's detention without charge for another six months. Through first-hand testimony, archival footage and on-the-ground reporting, Al Jazeera's Fault Lines team has investigated Doctor Abu Safiya’s unlawful detention.