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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 620

Physicians for Human Rights-Israel

Khalid Ahmad holds a poster of his 17-year-old son, Waleed, who died in an Israeli prison, that reads in Arabic, 'The hero prisoner Martyr, mercy and eternity for our righteous Martyrs,' in the West Bank town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah March 26, 2025. (Nasser Nasser/AP)
April 6, 2025, 2:01 pm
Doctor says Palestinian teen who died in Israeli prison showed starvation signs
Summary by Israeli doctor who observed autopsy does not conclude cause of death, but notes Walid Ahmad, 17, was in state of extreme weight loss, muscle wasting
By AP and ToI Staff
A young Palestinian amputee evacuated from the Gaza Strip sits in a wheelchair as a medic looks on, aboard an Emirati floating hospital in the Egyptian port of Al-Arish on July 4, 2024, during an organised press tour. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)
July 29, 2024, 6:07 pm
High Court gives government 7 days to come up with Gaza medical evacuation policy
Hours earlier, Netanyahu canceled evacuation of 150 ill and injured children from Gaza; petitioner says decision ‘cruel and dangerous,’ based on ‘cynical political moves’
By Jeremy Sharon
Hamas terror suspects, caught during the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and ensuing war in Gaza, crouch on the ground in the courtyard of a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 28, 2024, 6:23 pm
IDF sets up committee to probe alleged torture of Palestinian terror suspects
Admitting logistic issues in processing captives from Gaza, military says panel will examine conditions of detainees at facilities to determine compliance with international law
By Emanuel Fabian and Jeremy Sharon
Suspected terrorists who were caught during the October 7 massacre and during the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
May 23, 2024, 1:52 pm
Rights groups petition court to shutter Negev detention facility over torture claims
Organizations cite evidence detained Gazans had surgery without anesthesia, held in agonizing positions; state approves autopsy request for Gazan doctor who died in custody
By ToI Staff
An Israeli soldier escorts a blindfolded and handcuffed Palestinian teenager through the Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem, October 24, 2022. (Courtesy; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 25, 2022, 4:21 pm
In ‘error,’ Palestinian teen escorted through hospital while handcuffed, blindfolded
Military says incident at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek hospital ‘should not have occurred’; rights group slams apparent violation of medical ethics
By Emanuel Fabian
In this photo from March 26, 2017, Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip pray as they wait on the Israeli side of the Erez terminal to cross into Gaza. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)
June 2, 2021, 12:59 pm
Despite ceasefire, most Gazans seeking medical care still can’t enter Israel
Many treatments, including chemotherapy, unavailable in Hamas-ruled enclave; Israeli military says only ‘urgent’ cases allowed into Israel due to security situation
By Aaron Boxerman
Maher al-Akhras, a 49-year-old security prisoner, while on hunger strike in Kaplan hospital in Rehovot, October 8, 2020 (Aaron Boxerman/Times of Israel)
October 24, 2020, 5:33 pm
Israeli lawmaker says he’ll join hunger strike of Palestinian security prisoner
Joint List’s Ofer Cassif protests refusal to allow Maher al-Akhras’s family to visit; Israeli authorities say he is dangerous — but also plan to free him in November
By ToI Staff and Aaron Boxerman
Maher al-Akhras, a 49-year-old security prisoner, while on hunger strike in Kaplan hospital in Rehovot, October 8, 2020 (Aaron Boxerman/Times of Israel)
October 14, 2020, 6:57 pm
After 81 days, hunger-striking Palestinian security prisoner at death’s door
Maher al-Akhras was detained in July by Israeli authorities, who say he is a dangerous Islamic Jihad activist, but also plan to free him in November; he denies the accusation
By Aaron Boxerman
A group of Palestinian nurses from the West Bank and Gaza Strip taking part in a special four-day medical simulation course at the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan on January 1, 2020. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)
January 2, 2020, 5:51 pm
Palestinian nurses from West Bank and Gaza hone their skills at Israeli hospital
Health care professionals train on high-tech mannequins; nurse from Nablus says medicine transcends national divisions
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh chairs a cabinet meeting in the Jordan Valley village of Fasayil, on September 16, 2019. (Majdi Mohammed/AP)
October 17, 2019, 5:19 pm
Palestinian PM says Israeli doctors should treat patients in West Bank
Mohammad Shtayyeh suggests that since medical care for Palestinians in Israeli hospitals has halted, they should bring the treatment to the Palestinians
By ToI Staff
Palestinians at the Erez crossing with Israel near Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip on August 27, 2018. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
August 27, 2018, 3:17 pm
Court rules state must allow Hamas relatives into Israel for cancer treatment
Rights groups hail decision but say thousands at risk from ‘restrictive access policy’; right-wing MK slams ‘lack of responsibility shown by judges’ for country’s security
By ToI Staff
Trucks are seen at the gate of the Kerem Shalom crossing, the main passage point for goods entering Gaza, in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, on July 17, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB)
August 13, 2018, 7:06 pm
Rights groups file petition calling on Israel to renew entry of goods into Gaza
Leftist NGOs ask High Court to overrule ‘immoral and illegal’ decision to ban fuel and other products from Strip in response to arson attacks
By ToI Staff
Avraham Avera Mengistu, undated. (Courtesy of the Mengistu family via AP)
July 26, 2018, 4:32 pm
Family of Israeli held in Gaza sent video to Hamas begging for his release
Physicians for Human Rights Israel aid group passed the clip, along with documents proving Avera Mengistu’s mental illness, to the terror group in 2016
By ToI Staff
Trucks are seen at the gate of the Kerem Shalom crossing, the main passage point for goods entering Gaza, in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, on July 17, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB)
July 17, 2018, 8:41 pm
Rights groups urge halt to ‘collective punishment’ at Gaza goods crossing
12 organizations call on Israel to resume regular operations at Kerem Shalom, labeling the recent restrictions, imposed after rocket barrage, ‘dangerous, irresponsible’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Palestinian woman receives treatment at the Wolfson Medical Center in the central Israeli city of Holon, on April 11, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 3, 2018, 4:57 pm
Israeli doctors urge 14 Gaza cancer patients be allowed out for treatment
Oncologists warn that delaying diagnosis and treatment can lead to deaths; rights group says 14 Palestinian women are waiting for permission to enter Israel
By Stuart Winer
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