The Israeli courts rejected appeals for the release of 14 Palestinian doctors from the Gaza Strip, without charge or trial.
and denied an independent medical examination to Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, despite worrisome health problems.
According to Doctors for Human Rights Israel,
Abu Safia lost 14 kilograms in four months, and the prison's medical records show bruises, chest pains and other health problems.
Some of the arrested doctors have been in prison for more than two years.