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7/10/2026, 11:35:23 PM
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During the darkest and most chaotic days of the Gaza war, one thing could be relied on.
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya would be at his post every day at the hospital he ran in the north of the strip.
Refusing to leave during what the WHO called an 80-day siege by Israeli troops.
Our message to the world, please help us.
Here praying over the body of his 21-year-old son in the hospital courtyard after he was killed in an airstrike.
Now, Dr. Abu Safiya's family fears he may also soon be dead.
Losing his life not in a war zone, but in an Israeli prison cell.
He was taken prisoner in December 2024, walking in his white coat through the rubble of Gaza to a waiting Israeli army vehicle.
We covered the story then.
When Israeli troops stormed the medical facility, marching stripped-down staff out of the compounds.
Israel says Dr. Abu Safiya is a Hamas operative and that militants hid inside the hospital under his management.
But more than a year and a half after his arrest, he still hasn't been charged with any crime and no evidence against him has been made public.
He's one of around 1,300 Palestinians being held as so-called unlawful combatants according to the latest government figures.
Last month, Israel's Supreme Court ruled his detention can continue until at least October.
Nasser Odeh is his lawyer and visited him last week in the underground Israeli prison where he's being held.
What did the doctor look like when you saw him?
When he entered to the room, he wasn't able to walk.
Or even he wasn't able to talk.
Uh I saw many bruises and signs on his face, eyes, ears, and neck.
And the first thing that he told me was, "Thank you, Nasser.
But I think it will be the last time you will meet.
The last time you'll meet.
Abu Sufia said his jailers beat him just minutes before the July 2nd meeting.
He told me that he feel that there is someone that took that decision to kill him in the jail.
And from that time and until this moment, these words are in my head.
Israel's prison service says the allegations are false and entirely without factual basis, saying it operates in accordance with the law and under constant judicial oversight.
Prisons are under the authority of Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel's far-right national security minister, seen here taunting detained pro-Palestinian activists who tried to sail to Gaza.
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem says that since the Hamas terror attack of October 7, 2023, Israeli authorities have carried out a systemic, institutionalized policy of torture and abuse of Palestinian prisoners, finding at least 84 detainees have died in custody, according to public records and legal filings.
Israel says it does not torture prisoners, but many of those released return to Gaza with injuries and allegations of widespread abuse.
Dr. Muhammad Abu Salmia, director of Gaza's largest hospital, was freed in 2024 after being held by Israel for 7 months without charge.
He tells us he was severely beaten by prison guards, suffering four broken ribs and denied medical treatment.
At least 14 doctors remain in Israeli custody, according to Physicians for Human Rights.
Those still working in Gaza say they can't afford to lose senior doctors like Abu Sufia.
His lawyer tells us time is running out.
I think it's the last moment to make everything to save Dr. Hussam Abu Sufia.
A doctor who saved so many may now need saving himself.
Raf Sanchez, NBC News, Jerusalem.
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