Amnesty International has joined the growing list of people and organisations calling on Israel to release Hussam Abu Safia, the director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, Al Jazeera reports.

In a statement shared on X, Amnesty said it is “extremely concerned over” Abu Safia’s “fate and wellbeing” and that he “must be released immediately and unconditionally”.

Amnesty also called on Israel to release all Palestinians held arbitrarily noting that “Israel has detained hundreds of Palestinian healthcare workers from Gaza without charge or trial”.

It added: “Health workers have been subjected to torture and other ill-treatment and been held in incommunicado detention.”