Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya and lead physician for MedGlobal in Gaza, has been disappeared into the Israeli prison system by US-funded Israeli death squads operating in the occupied coastal territory. These Israeli forces have killed over 46,000 Palestinians since October 2023, approximately 17,000 of them children.
The famed and widely respected pediatrician was seized on 27 December and, say witnesses, showed “signs of having undergone torture and beatings.” Abu Safiya’s family said he had been subjected to “humiliation and mistreatment.”
Israel stands plausibly accused of genocide and two leaders – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant – have been issued with arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and war crimes. There is good reason for concern for Abu Safiya.
No official news has emerged as to Abu Safiya’s whereabouts since his initial arrest and transfer for “questioning.”
Eyewitness reports, however, placed Abu Safiya at the notorious Sde Teiman torture facility. Yet inept Israeli officials denied any knowledge of his detention according to Physicians for Human Rights-Israel on Thursday.
Israel’s apartheid army reversed its claim of not knowing about his detention the next day.
The US State Department disregarded specific questions about the physical well-being of Abu Safiya from The Electronic Intifada and instead on Monday responded with generalities that never named the doctor. A State Department spokesperson merely noted, “We are aware of reports and still gathering information.”
Against all evidence to the contrary, that spokesperson added: “We do not want to see firefights in hospitals where innocent people and patients receiving medical care are caught in the crossfire.”
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Marc Asensio Clupes / ZUMAPRESS)
Excerpt from “US State Department silent on hospital director’s disappearance” by Michael F. Brown. Read the full article at https://electronicintifada.net/…/us-state-department…
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