Hundreds Of Palestinian Health Workers Remain Unlawfully Detained By Israel

Twenty months after the current violence campaign in Gaza, hundreds of Palestinian health workers were illegally detained or disappeared in Israel’s prison system, let’s say the organizations and charities called violations of international humanitarian law that worsened the region even worse Already Prepared Health Crisis.

More than two dozen non -governmental organizations, including the medical groups taken by Israeli forces, signed a statement that demanded the immediate release of health workers immediately and unconditionally on Monday and apparently arbitrary arrests. Wider attacks on Gaza’s health system.

“Instead of protection, hundreds of health workers were forcibly removed from hospital wards and patient beds and were subjected to long -term detention in Israeli prisons and military camps” The joint statement said. “Most of the detainees are still unknown. Most of the released reported serious abuse, while others died in custody.”

Israel killed forces More than 1,500 Palestinian Health workers And according to the Ministry of Health of Gaza, 460 aid workers since October 2023. The army also detained at least 300 health workers in Gaza and 239 in the West Bank at the same time. According to the World Health Organization. As of February, charities believe that there are at least 185 Palestinian health workers who were illegally detained.

“These health workers are not warriors, not guilty, and not only statistics. They have families and play life -saving roles in their communities, Jose

“It is inhuman and illegal for these private health workers to be detained and damaged without justification or explanation,” he continued. “Every day when my colleagues are detained free of charge, he sends a message that is echoed that civil health officials are legitimate targets.”

The Israeli prison service spokesman told HuffPost that he was not responsible for determining the agency’s arrest policy or he was not authorized to make decisions about the release of prisoners. The Israeli Defense Forces did not respond immediately to HuffPost’s request for comments, Israeli officials often Justify kidnapping Palestinian health workers with Blame them without specifying evidence– Working with Hamas.

Among them, Medglobal’s chief doctor in Gaza. HUSSAM Abu Safiya, found headlines in December After the Israeli troops forced him from Kamal Adwan Hospital North. Abu Safiya stays in Offer Prison in the West Bank, where Allegedly faced with serious abuse and torture Israel is in the hands of security forces. According to Gaza Human Rights Group Al Mezan, it is still not accused of a crime.

“The Israeli government has a brutal record of abuse and torture civilian prisoners. The horror in Israeli detention centers is well known and documented” The American-Islamic Relations Council said in a statement on Monday. “Our government and the world nations should immediately press the Israeli government to release the unjustly kept by Dr. Abu Safiya and Israel to release others.”

Israel Human Rights Group last year B’TELEM published a detailed report That Israeli prisons were essentially transformed into a network of torture camps, and that existing and former Palestinian prisoners – including health workers – witnessed the inhuman conditions behind excessive abuse, deep humiliation and closed doors.

He said take the grave Israel’s actions violate 1984 torture and other cruel, inhumane or humiliating treatment or the congress against punishment, and the United Nations Human Rights Commission In October, he declared that the attacks on Gaza’s health system were war crimes and crimes against humanity. Many of the international community – including some of them in the UN – concluded that Israel had genocide against the Palestinian people.

“At all levels, the existing infrastructure damage and medical application under attack by Israel,” Taleng MofoKeng, a private rapporteur on health, He said it on Saturday. “The attacks, harassment and killing of hundreds of health workers, the destruction of health facilities and humanitarian organizations continues to throw this genocide to the proportions that are fully measured.”