On Thursday, the group Physicians for Human Rights Israel petitioned the Israeli Supreme Court, demanding the release of 14 Palestinian doctors from Gaza who’ve been detained without charge for more than a year. Among them is Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the detained head of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, who’s reportedly been tortured and denied adequate food and medicine despite his deteriorating health. Joining the call for the doctors’ release is Mohammed Abu Selmia, the director of Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, who was imprisoned by Israel without charge for seven months after his arrest in November 2023.

Dr. Mohammed Abu Selmia: “I was brutally arrested. I was handcuffed behind my back, blindfolded and stripped naked. I was subjected to a humiliating search, and then the field interrogation began in the Netzarim area. This involved beatings, insults, with sand thrown on my head, putting dirt into my mouth, and severe beatings.”