RAMALLAH, November 5, 2026 (WAFA) – The Israeli human rights organization Physicians for Human Rights-Israel said Israeli courts had rejected two petitions it filed seeking the release of 14 Palestinian doctors from the Gaza Strip.

The organization said the 14 doctors are being held in Israeli prisons without trial, some for more than two years, at a time when Gaza's health sector is facing a severe shortage of medical personnel and their services remain urgently needed, particularly amid the collapse of the healthcare system following Israel's genocidal war on the Strip.

The organization stressed that continuing to detain the doctors without charges or trial violates their rights and deprives patients in Gaza of essential medical services, amid a critical shortage of healthcare workers and the ongoing deterioration of the medical sector.

Naji Abbas of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel said the two court rulings reflect the extent of the violations faced by Palestinian doctors detained in Israel and the Israeli judiciary's failure to protect their rights.

He added that 14 doctors, including hospital directors and specialists in critical medical fields, remain behind bars without charges or trial, at a time when patients in Gaza are in urgent need of their services.

Abbas stressed that detainees must not be deprived of their medical rights because of their public profile or security allegations against them. He added that Israel cannot continue detaining doctors without trial, depriving patients in Gaza of their services, while also denying the doctors their most basic right to medical care.

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