According to the source, the arrests involved doctors with crucial expertise in key specialties essential to the population of the territory, where over 58,000 deaths have been reported in the past 21 months.

Israeli troops impose severe restrictions on prisoners in general and medical personnel in particular, who are held in terrible conditions in detention centers, it emphasized.

Specifically, this week, lawyer Ghadeh Ghanem Qassem denounced that Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, is systematically subjected to physical and psychological torture in Israel.

After visiting her client a few days ago, the lawyer noted that the doctor now weighs just 60 kilograms, having lost about 40 since his arrest in December of last year.

On his Facebook page, Ghanem Qassem explained that he suffered blows to his chest, face, head, and neck, causing serious injuries.

She noted that Israeli prison authorities refused to provide him with the necessary treatment or medication and failed to refer him to a specialist, despite his irregular heartbeat.

The UN estimates that Israel has killed around 1,400 health workers since the start of the ongoing October 2023 war.

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