In a besieged hospital in Gaza, Dr Hussam Abu Safia fights to avoid wasting lives amid a blockade, private tragedy and detention, triggering international requires justice.
Within the coronary heart of Gaza’s conflict zone, Palestinian paediatrician Dr Hussam Abu Safia, former director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, grew to become a logo of braveness when he walked in the direction of an Israeli tank after being ordered to strategy.
This award-winning documentary follows him and his spouse Albina contained in the besieged hospital, the place their household lived for months after Israeli forces threatened their dwelling. Dealing with a blockade on medication, meals, water and gasoline, Abu Safia handled waves of conflict‑wounded sufferers, compelled to decide on who would possibly dwell or die.
The fee was private: his son Ibrahim was killed, one other son Idris was injured, and the physician himself was wounded. But he refused to go away. In December 2024, Kamal Adwan was bombed and stormed; workers have been detained and tortured. Abu Safia stays in “administrative detention” with out cost. The movie closes with international requires his launch, a testomony to resilience within the face of devastation and genocide.
Revealed On 17 Dec 2025
