Gheed Kassem, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s lawyer, posted seven hours ago a horrific update on her Facebook accounts regarding the abducted doctor. Here is a translation: Dr. Hussam Abu Safia is not well. I visited him last on July 9, 2025. What I saw was heartbreaking. Since his detention began, he has lost more than 40 kilograms—over a third of his body weight. He entered prison weighing 100 kilograms. Today, he weighs no more than 60. On June 24, 2025, Dr. Hussam was subjected to a targeted and brutal assault. Soldiers stormed Room 1, Section 24 of Ofer Prison, where he was held, and beat him mercilessly for 30 minutes. His rib cage was struck repeatedly. He sustained severe bruises across his face, head, back, and neck. He asked for medical care—basic tests, treatment, and access to a cardiologist. He was referred, but the request was later denied. Dr. Hussam suffers from irregular heartbeat, yet even this urgent condition is being ignored. The glasses his lawyer recently provided him were also broken during the assault. He remains underground, in isolation, without sunlight. He is still wearing his winter clothes in the middle of summer, under conditions of starvation, torture, and neglect. Dr. Hussam Abu Safia is not the only one. All Palestinian prisoners are enduring the same inhumane conditions.
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