Dr. Adnan Al Bursh, 50, director of orthopedics at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza Metropolis, died on April 19, 2024, in Ofer jail, a West Financial institution detention facility. Israeli authorities haven’t but launched his physique.
It was reported that he was crushed in jail and his physique confirmed indicators of torture.
Dr. Al Bursh was detained by Israeli forces at Al Awda Hospital in northern Gaza on December 18, 2023, together with different medical doctors and medical employees. At the moment, he was in typically good well being and was performing his duties usually.
Name for unbiased investigation
Tralon Mofokeng, the UN particular rapporteur on the precise to well being, mentioned she was “shocked” by the information.
“He was detained whereas fulfilling his sworn obligation as a health care provider to his sufferers and to take care of them… He died defending his sufferers’ rights to life and well being,” she mentioned.
Consultants burdened the necessity for an unbiased investigation.
“Dr. Adnan’s case raises severe issues that he died beneath torture by the Israeli authorities. His demise requires an unbiased worldwide investigation,” the Particular Rapporteur mentioned.
Issues about well being employee security
Ms Mofokeng additionally expressed concern for the security of medical employees amid Israel’s ruthless navy operation in Gaza, following brutal assaults by Hamas and different teams in southern Israel on 7 October.
“I proceed to obtain reviews of medical doctors shedding their lives on this battle, and I’m deeply saddened by this,” she mentioned.
Gaza’s well being ministry reviews that at the least 493 Gaza well being care employees have been killed since October 7, 2023. Many extra have been injured.
The United Nations World Well being Group (WHO) reviews that at the least 214 medical personnel have been detained by Israeli forces whereas performing their duties.
Docs shouldn’t be killed
“Killing and detaining medical personnel just isn’t a reliable technique of warfare. Throughout conflicts, they play a reliable and essential function in caring for the sick and wounded,” Ms Mofokeng mentioned.
“Healthcare professionals who follow their career shouldn’t be killed.”
The Particular Rapporteur urges Israel to instantly launch all medical personnel arbitrarily detained in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories and reiterates his name for a right away ceasefire.
unbiased knowledgeable
Particular rapporteurs are appointed by the Human Rights Council (the best intergovernmental discussion board of the United Nations on human rights) and type a part of its particular procedures. They’re tasked with monitoring and assessing the scenario of rights in sure thematic or nationwide conditions.
They work voluntarily—independently of the federal government and the United Nations. They don’t seem to be UN employees and don’t obtain a wage.
