Ahead of Saturday\u2019s one-year anniversary of Israel abducting Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya from the Gaza hospital he ran, advocates demanded the release the scores of health workers still imprisoned by Israeli occupation forces.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne year ago, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya was abducted by the Israeli military along with dozens of other medical staff during a horrific raid on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza,\u201d Dr. Yipeng Ge, a member of Doctors Against Genocide, said<\/a> Friday on social media. \u201cFree Hussam Abu Safiya. Free them all.\u201d<\/p>\n Activist Petra Schurenhofer said<\/a> on X: \u201cIt\u2019s been a year since Israel abducted and illegally detained Dr Hussam Abu Safiya. And since then he has been languishing in an Israeli jail, being subjected to cruel and inhumane treatment. Don\u2019t forget him. And don\u2019t stop calling for his release<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Abu Safiya, the 52-year-old director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, was seized<\/a> on December 27, 2024 as Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops continued their yearlong siege and raids on the facility in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza. The IDF claimed without evidence that Kamal Adwan \u2013 the last major functioning hospital in northern Gaza at the time \u2013 was a Hamas command center.<\/p>\n During a previous Israeli attack on Kamal Adwan, Abu Safiya\u2019s 15-year-old son was killed in a drone strike. Abu Safiya was seriously wounded in a separate drone attack that left six pieces of shrapnel in his leg.<\/p>\n