18/05/2026
Come CSI sosteniamo questa campagna per il rilascio del personale medico-sanitario palestinese da parte dell'esercito di occupazione israeliano!
Per approfondire:
✊https://mailchi.mp/phr/release-the-14-gaza-doctors-eng?e=82473acb0b
⚡https://www.facebook.com/PhysiciansforHumanRightsIsrael
Since the start of the genocide in Gaza, the Israeli army has targeted and arrested hundreds of essential medical workers, effectively paralyzing an entire healthcare system already made fragile by the ongoing destruction. Despite facing no formal charges, dozens of these medical workers remain detained without due process as of today, and many have been held for prolonged periods.
Over the past two years, testimonies from detained medical workers have described dire conditions of incarceration, including starvation and abuse amounting to torture across Israeli detention facilities. These conditions are reported to have contributed significantly to the deaths of at least 103 Palestinian prisoners, including five medical workers from Gaza known to PHRI.
Recognizing the special protections afforded to doctors and medical workers under International Humanitarian Law, as well as the urgent need for medical personnel from Gaza to carry out their duties and help rehabilitate the extensive damage inflicted on Gaza’s healthcare system, PHRI has submitted a request to the Israeli Chief of Staff to reconsider and revoke the detention orders of 14 doctors from Gaza, among them pediatricians, orthopedic specialists, and surgeons. As no response has been received, today PHRI filed a petition on the matter to the Supreme Court.
Despite protections under International Humanitarian law, and an ongoing ceasefire, doctors from Gaza are still being held without any due process, subjected to severe conditions amounting to torture. In the context of Gaza’s ongoing humanitarian collapse and the near-total destruction of its healthcare system, PHRI stresses that the continued detention of doctors - who could provide urgently needed medical care - actively hinders the rehabilitation of the healthcare system and prevents any meaningful recovery.
PHRI therefore calls for the termination of the detention orders and urges both national and international actors to take action in solidarity, enabling these physicians to return home and resume their life-saving medical duties.