🚨BREAKING 🚨:
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Northern Gaza, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize after Doctors for Gaza from the Netherlands put his name forward.
A Palestinian paediatrician and neonatologist, Abu Safiya was born on 21 November 1973 at Jabalia Refugee Camp in Gaza, his family having been kicked out from Hamama during the 1948 Nakba.
Abu Safiya is in prison under Israel’s “Unlawful Combatants” law, which allows extended detention without the standard legal processes.
Since his arrest, Dr. Abu Safiya has reportedly been held under harsh and abusive conditions:
Denied adequate medical care.
Suffering serious health issues: heart enlargement, high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat.
Weight loss of over 15kgs in a short period.
Solitary confinement, physical abuse including beatings and other mistreatment.
HIS MISTAKE?
He stayed and continued to provide medical care at Kamal Adwan when Northern Gaza was under siege.
Abu Safiya has become a symbol of Gaza’s crumbling healthcare system under dire conditions. His work and arrest have drawn international attention and concern.