Israeli courts reject release 14 doctors from Gaza

Disrael's courts rejected the requests of the Human Rights Medical Organization Israel (PHRI) to release 14 Palestinian doctors from Gaza, arrested without charges or trial, and to allow former director of Kamal Adwan hospital to have an independent medical examination.

Today, in a statement, PHRI reported that the Israeli Supreme Court rejected its request to release the 14 health professionals, including hospital directors and specialists in various medical areas, some of whom have been imprisoned for more than two years.

The organization had asked the Chief of Staff of the Army to revoke their arrest orders issued under the Illegal Combatant Act, which allows people to be held in custody without making accusations or conducting a trial due to the ceasefire and the needs of the Gaza health system.

The Supreme Court, the NGO indicated, considered in its resolution, rejecting liberation, that there is no reason to intervene in the military decision.

In a separate resolution, the Lod District Court (near Tel Aviv) rejected the request that former director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, Abu Safiya, arrested since December 2024, could be examined by an independent physician due to concerns about his state of health.

The PHRI presented a report by an Israeli expert in internal medicine, who analyzed his clinical history and questioned the previous judicial conclusion that the doctor does not suffer from problems other than hypertension.

According to the Israeli expert's report, Abu Safiya lost 14 kilos between January and May 2025, and presented a decrease in his hemoglobin levels.

The specialist also points out that his chest pain episodes were not sufficiently investigated and that the diagnosis of mange took about a month, despite his repeated requests for treatment, says the PHRI.

Abu Safiya told his lawyers that he suffered blows, kicks and kicks by the guards, as well as breathing difficulties and vision problems, reminds the Israeli organization.

The expert, clarifies the NGO, could not personally examine the doctor and prepared his assessment on the basis of the records made available by the Israeli Prison Service.

Israel keeps around 9,265 people arrested for “security” reasons, the “immense majority” residents of the West Bank and Gaza, according to October data from the Israeli Prison Service, collected by the Israeli organization HaMoked.

Of these, 84% are held without trial: 3,236 await its completion, 3,101 under administrative arrest and 1,419 are imprisoned under the Fighters' Law.