Doctors and healthcare professionals have gathered in London to demand the release of the more than 100 Palestinian medics currently held without charge or trial in Israeli jails.

This includes Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, a prominent hospital director in Gaza, who was abducted by Israeli forces in December 2024.

Since then, he has been held in detention despite growing calls for his release and reports by his lawyer that was tortured in prison.

“The strategy of targeting healthcare workers and the whole hospital infrastructure is targeting what is sustaining life in Gaza,” said Dr Rebecca Inglis with Healthcare Workers Watch.