He tried to keep Kamal Adwan hospital open as Israel invaded. He has been imprisoned ever since.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36062111

Amel Guettatfi
Sep 12, 2025

Since October 7, 2023—the beginning of Israel’s current war on Gaza—Dr. Abu Safiya has refused to leave the north, despite having more than one chance to evacuate. With his wife originally from Kazakhstan, the family could have left, but he felt obligated to continue helping his patients—and he anticipated Israel’s plan was to completely clear the area of civilians. His eldest son, Elias, 27, recalled trying to convince him to evacuate, “He said to me, ‘The plan is much bigger than this. The plan is displacement and if we leave Kamal Adwan Hospital, the north will empty out.’”