Question 15462 — foreign policy

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Ms Zahia Hamdane questions the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs on the alarming situation of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of the Kamal Adwan hospital in Gaza and consultant pediatrician, whose detention by the Israeli authorities has just been extended "indefinitely" by the Beersheba District Court on April 28, 2026. Arrested on December 27, 2024 during a military raid against his establishment, Dr Abu Safiya is kept in detention without any formal charges being brought against him. Reports from international organizations, including Amnesty International and Physicians for Human Rights, document undignified conditions of detention at the Negev prison, marked by mistreatment, severe weight loss and refusal of access to the medical care necessary for his declining health. The application of the law on illegal combatants” here allows prolonged administrative detention which amounts to manifest arbitrariness. Dr. Abu Safiya, who continued to treat children despite grieving the loss of his own son killed in a strike, appears to be sanctioned for refusing to evacuate his hospital facility, thereby fulfilling his medical duty and protecting civilians in northern Gaza from a forced exodus. These facts constitute serious violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention, in particular articles 18 (protection of hospitals), 49 (prohibition of forced transfers) as well as the provisions relating to the treatment of protected persons (articles 73, 84 and 91). France, through its historic attachment to international humanitarian law and human rights, cannot remain silent regarding the fate of a doctor arrested in the exercise of his duties. She asks him what concrete diplomatic initiatives the Government intends to take with its Israeli counterparts to demand the immediate release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya and more broadly, to ensure the protection of Gazan health personnel in accordance with international conventions to which France and Israel are signatories.

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