Lawyer warns detained Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya is in

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Odeh and Physicians for Human Rights Israel said they have petitioned to have Abu Safiya transferred to another facility.
44% : Physicians for Human Rights Israel and Abu Safiya's lawyer, Nasser Odeh, said Abu Safiya appeared extremely weak and struggled to sit upright during a visit on July 2.
41% : Hussam Abu Safiya, who served as director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, became the face of health workers struggling to treat patients throughout the Israel-Hamas war.
38% : "The Israel Prison Service rejects allegations of abuse, torture, starvation, or denial of medical treatment," the prison service said.
36% : Abu Safiya faced physical and psychological abuse and was kept in solitary confinement for extended periods, Odeh said following an appearance before Israel's Supreme Court last month challenging his continued detainment without charge.
32% : Israel has faced severe criticism over its treatment of Palestinian prisoners and detainees since the start of its war with Hamas in October 2023.
30% : Israel's Prison Service called the allegations "false and entirely without factual basis."
25% : Human rights organizations and the United Nations have alleged systematic patterns of abuse.
22% : The war between Israel and Hamas began Oct. 7, 2023, after the Gaza-based militant group led an attack on southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.

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