Jerusalem, June 6 -- Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, has been moved from a detention centre in the Negev, Israel, to solitary confinement in Nafha prison.

Abu Safiya's lawyer, Nasser Awda, told Al Jazeera that the move was decided after the doctor's defence team questioned the continued detention. The transfer aims to cut the Palestinian doctor off from the outside world, other prisoners, and his lawyers, Awda said.

Allegations of torture, humiliating treatment under custody

Abu Safiya has been tortured, enduring threats and humiliating treatment under Israeli custody, with the Israeli prison authorities and intelligence personnel pressuring him to remain silent about the prison's conditions...