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Israel Detains Senior Doctor, Endangering Ramallah Free Clinic

6/26/2026

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His detention threatens the only free-care clinic serving low-income patients in Ramallah.
Israeli forces arrested Dr Mazen Al-Rantisi, a 71-year-old physician, in a pre-dawn raid in al-Tira, Ramallah, an arrest that sparked a solidarity campaign and physicians’ rights groups’ condemnation.
He is held in the Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Adumim.
He chairs the Union of Health Work Committees, a nonprofit declared unlawful in 2020 but registered with Palestinian Authority.

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Story summary

His detention threatens the only free-care clinic serving low-income patients in Ramallah.
Israeli forces arrested Dr Mazen Al-Rantisi, a 71-year-old physician, in a pre-dawn raid in al-Tira, Ramallah, an arrest that sparked a solidarity campaign and physicians’ rights groups’ condemnation.
He is held in the Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Adumim.
He chairs the Union of Health Work Committees, a nonprofit declared unlawful in 2020 but registered with Palestinian Authority.