Activists demanding the release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya dropped a Palestinian flag and banner from Tower Bridge and Waterloo station in London on Sunday. The Palestinian doctor has been held in Israeli custody for over 530 days and was last seen by Physicians for Human Rights Israel in an almost unrecognisable state, with severe injuries to his head and back. “He appeared extremely weak, struggled to sit upright without falling, and on several occasions seemed on the verge of losing consciousness,” the group wrote in a statement last week. During the visit, the doctor said he did not foresee his survival. Dr Safiya was arbitrarily detained in December 2024 after the Israeli military raided the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza, according to Amnesty International. Since then, he has been held without charges or trial in the Rakevet centre, where Palestinians are routinely subjected to torture.

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