Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of a Gaza hospital arrested by Israeli forces on December 27, 2024, is reportedly in life-threatening condition in Israeli detention. His lawyer reports he can barely breathe or speak and has been held without charge for over 18 months, prompting urgent calls for his release.
A UN human rights body has deemed Israel's detention of Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya arbitrary and called for his immediate release, as his lawyer reports he is almost unrecognizable due to severe injuries sustained during 18 months in Israeli custody and faces imminent danger to his life.
A UN independent international commission of inquiry has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza by deliberately targeting and killing Palestinian children, finding that approximately 30% of those killed in the conflict have been children. The report documents continued killings even after the October 2025 ceasefire, with over 265 children among more than 1,000 deaths since the truce began.
Multiple fronts of international criticism emerge against Israel, including US congressional calls for Gaza medical evacuations, Amnesty International accusations of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, demands for a detained Gaza doctor's release, Ireland relocating a soccer match over Gaza war protests, and US legislative battles over military cooperation provisions.
A landmark report concluded that Hamas militants and their allies raped, assaulted and sexually tortured victims during and after the October 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel, detailing systematic sexual violence.
