The detention without charge of Hussam Abu Safia, director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, has been extended until February 13 by the Ashkelon Magistrates Court, Al Jazeera reports according to the Gaza-based Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights.
“This marks the second such extension since his arrest,” the organisation noted. Abu Safia was also denied access to a lawyer until January 22.
Al Mezan said its lawyer received indications that Abu Safia may now be held in Ofer Prison, in the occupied West Bank.
“The arbitrary detention of Dr Abu Safiya and his colleagues is part of a broader pattern of systematic violations by Israel, aimed at the deliberate devastation of Gaza’s healthcare system,” it said in a statement.
