Israeli court extends Dr Hussam Abu Safia’s detention
Lawyers for the director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital say that an Israeli court has extended his detention for another six months, claiming the paediatrician poses a “threat to the security of the State of Israel”.
The ruling was based on a “secret file” of evidence submitted to the court by prosecutors.
The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights said its legal team “asserted [Dr Abu Safia’s] innocence and emphasised that he was solely performing medical and administrative duties at Kamal Adwan Hospital”.
The lawyers asked for access to the secret files but the prosecution declined to do so and the court upheld that refusal, it said.
“This ruling underscores the role of Israeli civilian courts in sustaining the illegal occupation of the [occupied Palestinian territory] and reinforcing Israel’s apartheid regime against the Palestinian people,” Al Mezan added, noting that Abu Safia was being held under Israel’s Unlawful Combatants Law.
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Today, the Beer Sheva District Court reviewed and extended Dr. @HussamAbuSafiya's detention for another 6 months.
This ruling underscores the role of Israeli civilian courts in sustaining the illegal occupation of the OPT and reinforcing Israel’s apartheid…
— Al-Mezan الميزان (@AlMezanCenter) March 25, 2025
US legislators rally for Mahmoud Khalil
Rashida Tlaib, Delia Ramirez, Pramila Jayapal and Greg Case have called for the release of Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, who remains in a detention facility in Louisiana fighting deportation, though he has not been accused of a crime.
Speaking outside the US Capitol, Tlaib, the only Palestinian American serving in the US House, was critical of the Trump administration as well as universities cooperating with the crackdown.
“These attacks on attempts to silence the growing movement for human rights for Palestinians: They want us to be silent as the Israeli government continues its genocide, wiping out entire generations of Palestinian families, dropping American bombs on hospitals and dismembering children over and over again,” she said.
“They want us to be silent as Trump sent Netanyahu another $12.5bn in new weapons to ethnic cleanse Palestinians.”
Meanwhile Israel keeps killing more children, every single day
Child killed in Israeli attack on central Gaza
Our correspondent in Gaza is reporting that a child has been killed and several people injured in an Israeli air strike on a residential apartment in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
