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Six US Congress members issued a statement criticizing Israel for detaining Palestinian healthcare workers, specifically highlighting Dr. Hussam Abu Safia who has been in detention since December 2024 without charges or trial. The lawmakers assert that Israel's actions against medical personnel constitute part of a broader strategy aimed at depriving Palestinians of essential services and perpetuating occupation and apartheid. Rights groups report Israeli forces fired over 900 bullets during an incident where they killed 15 emergency workers in Gaza, initially alleging suspicious behavior but later admitting to the deaths without evidence linking victims to Hamas.
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US lawmakers, including Representatives Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and others, have released a statement condemning Israel's treatment of Palestinian healthcare workers. The statement specifically calls for the release of imprisoned Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safia, who has been detained since 2024. The Congress members accuse Israel of destroying the health system in Palestine over the past three years by targeting and arresting at least 1,700 medical personnel and damaging dozens of hospitals. This condemnation comes amid ongoing tensions between Israel and Palestinian authorities, with concerns raised about the arbitrary detention of healthcare workers involved in humanitarian efforts.
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A group of six progressive Congress members in the United States have released a statement condemning Israel’s abuse of Palestinian healthcare workers, including the Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safia, who has been held in Israeli detention since 2024.
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The Tuesday statement draws attention to Israeli attacks on Palestinian medical workers, who have been targeted and detained during the country’s genocidal war on Gaza.
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It was signed by Representatives Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, Summer Lee, Pramila Jayapal and Delia Ramirez.
“Over the last three years, the Israeli government has systematically destroyed the health system in Palestine, murdering at least 1,700 Palestinian doctors, nurses, paramedics, and other healthcare workers and destroying dozens of hospitals,” the statement reads.
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“It has arrested and arbitrarily detained hundreds of Palestinian healthcare workers, including at least 16 physicians who continue to be held in inhumane conditions.
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Among those detained is Abu Safia, who lawyers say was subjected to abuses such as torture, sleep deprivation and beatings during his detention.
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Israeli soldiers arrested Abu Safia in December 2024, after he and other medical workers reportedly refused to evacuate from Kamal Adwan Hospital, where they worked.
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No charges have been filed against Abu Safia, and he has not had a trial.
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Israeli attacks on health infrastructure in Gaza, including the destruction of nearly all of the strip’s hospitals and medical centres, are one component of what rights groups have depicted as an effort to deprive Palestinians of essential services such as food, water and medical treatment.
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Tuesday’s statement argues that such efforts are part of an “intentional policy designed to further occupation, apartheid, and genocide against the Palestinian people”.
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That assessment is shared by a growing number of rights organisations, scholars and United Nations officials, who have denounced Israeli actions in the Palestinian strip.
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Israeli officials have stated that they target hospitals and medical facilities as part of an effort to attack the Palestinian armed groups that allegedly use such facilities to carry out and coordinate operations.
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Such claims have often failed to withstand scrutiny.
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Israel admitted that its soldiers killed a group of 15 emergency workers in southern Gaza in March 2025, after initially stating that the ambulance convoy had approached soldiers “suspiciously” and claiming, without evidence, that several of those killed were linked to Hamas.
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A report by the group Forensic Architecture and Earshot found that Israeli soldiers fired more than 900 bullets as they opened fire on a clearly marked ambulance convoy and killed some of the medics “execution-style” before burying their bodies and their vehicles.
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