Lawyer says detained Gaza doctor was severely beaten in Israeli jail
A lawyer for a prominent Palestinian doctor from Gaza says he fears for his client's life after visiting him in Israeli custody last week. Nasser Odeh said Dr Hussam Abu Safiya was so badly beaten at the Rakefet interrogation facility that he could barely recognise him. The Israel Prison Service rejected the allegation as false.Odeh said he met Abu Safiya last Thursday and was told the doctor had been assaulted by more than five prison guards with hands, batons and hammers after an appeal against his detention at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem last month. He said Abu Safiya had... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 07 Jul 2026 18:02 LONDON
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