Israeli court upholds detention order for Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya for 6 months

​​​​​​​By Yusuf Alioğlu and Rania Abu Shamala

ISTANBUL (AA) - An Israeli court upheld a detention order Tuesday against Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the Gaza Strip.

“The Israeli Beersheba court today upheld the detention of Abu Safiya as an unlawful combatant for a period of six months,” the Prisoners’ Information Office, affiliated with the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, said in a statement.

No further details were provided.

Israel arrested Abu Safiya, 52, in late December after storming the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza. He was forcibly removed at gunpoint after the hospital was destroyed and rendered non-operational.