"Unbelievable Bravery": Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Abducted from Gaza Hospital; Advocates Demand Release

[Uncle Joe]

Human rights advocates and healthcare professionals around the world are demanding the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of the largest major hospital in northern Gaza, Kamal Adwan Hospital. Abu Safiya disappeared in December after Israeli forces raided and shut down Kamal Adwan. He is believed to be held at the troubled Sde Teiman Israeli prison, which has been plagued by reports of gruesome abuses including torture and sexual violence against Palestinians in custody. Abu Safiya's friend and former colleague, Dr. John Kahler, a co-founder of the medical humanitarian aid group MedGlobal, speaks to Democracy Now! about Abu Safiya's tireless commitment to his medical work while suffering the pain, trauma and tragedy of Israel's genocide on Gaza. "His bravery is a supreme act of resistance," says Kahler. "What no oppressor will tolerate is that level of resistance."

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[AloeVera]

1. Bravery is an act of resistance anathema to the oppressor.

He spoke out, he described what was happening AND he was effective because he spoke from the heart and carried on in spite of the loss of his own son in an airstrike on his home and the attacks on the hospital. His bravery was extraordinary. I am afraid for him.