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“They brought me here to kill me” — abducted Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya

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“They brought me here to kill me” — abducted Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya

Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya, the hospital director abducted from Gaza in 2024 by the Israeli occupation, faces an immediate risk to his life. The Physicians for Human Rights (PHRI) group has issued a warning about the threat after Abu Safiya’s lawyer visited him in the Nitzan prison where he is detained indefinitely without charge. Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya — Continual torture Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya has suffered constant beatings and torture by his captors. During the latest lawyer visit, the doctor was shackled, bore fresh injuries to his head, face and neck and was struggling to breathe or speak. His condition…

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10 humanitarian Gaza volunteers abducted in Libya to be held another month

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10 humanitarian Gaza volunteers abducted in Libya to be held another month

The Libyan abductors of ten Global Sumud land convoy volunteers kidnapped on 24 May 2026 have extended their illegal captivity for another thirty days. The ten were abducted near Sirte despite having previously agree safe passage with aid bound for Gaza. The extension is the second imposed on them by Libya’s Internal Security Agency (ISA). Organisers have described the “political hostage taking” as outrageous and a “blatant attack on international solidarity with Palestine”. The group is demanding action from the volunteers’ governments and others to pressure the ISA into freeing the captives. The ISA has released footage showing the victims being…

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‘Beloved youth’ abducted at gunpoint by Israeli forces alongside three other women

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‘Beloved youth’ abducted at gunpoint by Israeli forces alongside three other women

The Director of Bethlehem Institute for Peace and Justice and Evangelical Lutheran Pastor, Munther Isaac, has posted a statement from Bishop Dr. Imad Haddad on the abduction of a young member of their church community in Birzeit, located in the occupied West Bank. As the Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land, Haddad has demanded the immediate release of Natalie Abudayyeh as he joins the Birzeit and Beit Jala communities in: earnest prayer for Natalie’s safety and freedom. Moreover, the Christian leader has made a plea to “friends, partners and siblings in Christ” to: demand an…

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