Tel Aviv (UNA/WAFA) – The Israeli human rights organization Physicians for Human Rights said that Israeli courts rejected two petitions submitted by the organization to release 14 Palestinian doctors from the Gaza Strip.
The association explained that the fourteen doctors are languishing in the occupation's prisons without trial, some for more than two years, at a time when the health sector in Gaza is suffering from a severe shortage of medical personnel, amidst the continued need for their services, especially in light of the deterioration of the health system as a result of the Israeli war of extermination on the Strip..
The association stressed that the continued detention of doctors without charges or trial constitutes a violation of their rights, as well as depriving patients in Gaza of essential medical services, amid a severe shortage of healthcare personnel and the ongoing deterioration of the medical sector..
Naji Abbas, from Physicians for Human Rights, said that the two court rulings reflect the extent of the violations suffered by Palestinian doctors detained in Israel, and the failure of the Israeli judiciary to protect their rights..
He added that 14 doctors, including hospital directors and specialists in vital medical fields, remain behind bars without charges or trial, at a time when patients in Gaza are in dire need of their medical services..
Abbas stressed that detainees should not be denied their medical rights because of their fame or the security allegations against them, adding that Israel cannot continue to detain doctors without trial, deprive Gaza patients of their services, and then deny these doctors their most basic right to medical care..
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