Al Jazeera Fault Lines documentary looks at hospital director’s case, stil in prison 10 months later without charge.
During Israel’s war on Gaza, Dr Hussam Abu Safia, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, was warned by Israeli soldiers for months in 2024 to take his family and leave his duties.
But Abu Safia refused to leave his patients behind, as his colleagues and family said in a documentary by Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines.
Then in December as Israeli forces surrounded the hospital, an Israeli officer called Abu Safia and promised to relocate him and his staff to another hospital.
But the promise was a lie. Instead, the paediatrician and neonatologist was abducted by Israeli forces.
Ten months later, Abu Safia is still in detention as Israel has refused to include him in prisoner exchanges. His lawyer said he’s been subjected to torture and inhumane treatment, including long periods in solitary confinement.
Refusing to flee
Before his arrest, Abu Safia watched Israel’s war on Gaza unfold with increasing brutality.
During the earlier days of the war, Abu Safia would do his rounds daily and make videos, calling for international support and awarene
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