Israel rights group petitions top court to order release of 14 Gaza doctors
Key takeaways
- Physicians for Human Rights Israel accuses authorities of hindering the rehabilitation of Gaza’s healthcare system.
- Substantial evidence has emerged during more than two years of Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza that the enclave’s healthcare infrastructure has been systematically destroyed.
- PHRI said the continued detention of doctors is hindering efforts to rehabilitate Gaza’s healthcare system and called on international actors to show solidarity in pushing for their release.
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Physicians for Human Rights Israel accuses authorities of hindering the rehabilitation of Gaza’s healthcare system.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Dr Hussam Abu Safia has been arbitrarily detained by Israel for almost 18 months [File: Mert Alper Dervıs/Anadolu Agency]By Daniel Tari and Reuters Published On 30 Apr 202630 Apr 2026An Israeli human rights organisation has petitioned the Supreme Court to demand the immediate release of 14 doctors from Gaza held without charge for more than a year.
Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHRI) said on Thursday that it filed the petition after the Israeli military’s Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir failed to respond to its request to release the group, which includes paediatricians, orthopaedic specialists and surgeons.