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Gaza Kamal Adwan hospital director Abu Safia detained in Israeli army base, family says

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Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the 51-year-old director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, has been held in Israel's Sde Teiman base since his detention by Israeli forces during a raid on the hospital last week. His whereabouts were unknown until it was reported that he was being held in the Negev desert.

    1. Two Palestinian prisoners released this weekend from the facility said they saw Abu Safia at the prison, and another former detainee said he heard Abu Safia's name being read out.
    1. Israel's pattern of deadly attacks on and near hospitals in Gaza, and associated combat, pushed the healthcare system to the brink of total collapse, with catastrophic effect on Palestinians' access to health and medical care.
    1. Hospitals in Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat.
    1. The protection of hospitals during warfare is paramount and must be respected by all sides at all times.
    1. We don't have the ability to provide the level of assistance that is needed to meet the most basic requirements.
    1. Israel has detained hundreds of Palestinian healthcare workers from Gaza without charge or trial. Health workers have been subjected to torture and other ill-treatment and been held in incommunicado detention.
    1. This protection is a legal obligation and a moral imperative to preserve human life.
    2. The Kamal Adwan and Indonesian hospitals are now completely inoperable. For months, these medical facilities have struggled to provide care for patients as ongoing hostilities have damaged hospitals and endangered or harmed staff, patients, and civilians.
    3. Repeated hostilities in and around hospitals have obliterated the health care system in northern Gaza, putting civilians at an unacceptably grave risk of going without lifesaving care.
    1. We have one surgeon who is only performing when a case is in a life-threatening situation.