Who is Hussam Abu Safia, director of key Gaza hospital detained by Israel?
Al Jazeera
Head of one of northern Gaza’s last partially functioning hospitals arrested as Israeli military raids the facility.
Concerns are rising about the safety of the director of one of the last partially functioning hospitals in northern Gaza after the Israeli military detained him.
Hussam Abu Safia, 51, was arrested by Israeli forces during their raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya on Friday. It is not known where he has been taken.
The World Health Organization said it lost contact with Abu Safia after the raid, which also saw the Israeli military force out dozens of medical staff and patients.
The director general of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Munir al-Barsh, said Abu Safia was severely beaten with batons and sticks by Israeli forces, who forced him to strip and put on clothes meant for prisoners.
It was the second time in as many months that Abu Safia had been detained by Israeli forces as they conduct their genocide in Gaza.
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