The escalated abuse against Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya following a legal challenge to his detention has sent a chilling message to the families of detained medical workers in Gaza.
Adam Karakrah is one of at least two Americans in Israeli prison – both held while Trump hosted Netanyahu for the eighth time.
What began as an attempt to flee Israeli bombardment through what Israel had designated a “safe corridor” during its ongoing genocide in Gaza ended with months of torture in Israeli interrogation facilities and the Negev Desert Prison – He never had a trial or was even charged with a crime.
‘Being a doctor is not a crime,’ Elyas Abu Safiya tells Zeteo’s Diana Buttu, as his father’s health behind Israeli bars deteriorates rapidly.
Detained while fleeing northern Gaza, Saeda al-Shrafi recalls weeks of interrogation, torture, and imprisonment that changed her life, as Palestinian Prisoners’ Day is marked
Palestinian testimonies reveal how sexual violence, including rape using objects and dogs, is approved by ‘highest levels’ of Israeli leadership
An 18-month-old toddler in Gaza was returned by the Israeli army to his family with burn marks and puncture wounds on his legs. Doctors say the wounds are clearly the result of torture while the child was detained with his father.
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who has been in Israeli detention since December 2024, is in a “dire” health condition, United Nations experts warned as they called for his immediate release.
51 percent of the total are held in administrative detention without charge or trial, which is both the highest number and the highest proportion on record since Defense for Children International
Genocide does not require mass graves; it also includes efforts to destroy a people’s capacity to bring the next generation into being.
Israel’s systematic use of torture and sexual violence against Palestinians meets that definition.