12 jan 2021
Mohammad Eyada Salahuddin, 20
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Committee has reported that a young Palestinian man who was only released from Israeli detention camps a few months ago, had died, on Monday evening, from cancer that went untreated while he was held captive.
The Committee stated that Mohammad Eyada Salahuddin, 20, from Hizma town, east of the occupied Palestinian capital Jerusalem, has died from cancer, and added that he was diagnosed while in Israeli prisons, but the occupation authorities failed to provide him with the necessary specialized medical treatment.
It added that Israel released the young man only a few months ago, after it became clear that his condition was profoundly serious when cancer spread to several parts of his body.
The Committee also said that it fought for his release by filing many appeals with Israeli courts, before the detainee’s condition witnessed a serious deterioration, and held Israel responsible for his death.
Qadri Abu Bakr, the head of the Detainees Committee, said Israel deliberately and callously denied the urgently needed specialized medical treatment to the detainee and added that Mohammad’s death was nothing short of a premeditated crime.
On its part, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) issued a statement mourning the detainee and stating that he is among a long list of detainees who because seriously ill in Israeli prisons and died shortly after their release, due to Israel’s deliberate medical neglect policies against the Palestinian political prisoners.
He added that many detainees have recently been diagnosed with cancer, and are denied specialized medical attention.
It is worth mentioning that Salahuddin was taken prisoner in April of 2019, and was sentenced to two years in prison. In July of 2020, he was officially diagnosed with cancer while in prison.
There are at least 700 detainees in Israeli prisons who suffer from various health conditions, including 270 who have serious illnesses, such and liver and kidney diseases, and twelve who have cancer.
Former political prisoner and the head of the Documentation Department of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, told the IMEMC that the death of Mohammad under these conditions is not the first, as Israel has a longstanding policy of depriving the detainees of the basic medical treatment, they need.
He added that Israel keeps committing these crimes and getting away with them, due to the absence of accountability in international courts, and called for shedding closer attention to dire and inhumane conditions the Palestinian detainees face in Israeli prisoners.
Ferwana also said that there is a significant rise of cancer cases among the Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, and described what Israel is doing as organized medical crimes against them.
He called for ensuring professional and comprehensive medical checkups on all former prisoners immediately after they are freed, especially since many start showing symptoms after their release.
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Committee has reported that a young Palestinian man who was only released from Israeli detention camps a few months ago, had died, on Monday evening, from cancer that went untreated while he was held captive.
The Committee stated that Mohammad Eyada Salahuddin, 20, from Hizma town, east of the occupied Palestinian capital Jerusalem, has died from cancer, and added that he was diagnosed while in Israeli prisons, but the occupation authorities failed to provide him with the necessary specialized medical treatment.
It added that Israel released the young man only a few months ago, after it became clear that his condition was profoundly serious when cancer spread to several parts of his body.
The Committee also said that it fought for his release by filing many appeals with Israeli courts, before the detainee’s condition witnessed a serious deterioration, and held Israel responsible for his death.
Qadri Abu Bakr, the head of the Detainees Committee, said Israel deliberately and callously denied the urgently needed specialized medical treatment to the detainee and added that Mohammad’s death was nothing short of a premeditated crime.
On its part, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) issued a statement mourning the detainee and stating that he is among a long list of detainees who because seriously ill in Israeli prisons and died shortly after their release, due to Israel’s deliberate medical neglect policies against the Palestinian political prisoners.
He added that many detainees have recently been diagnosed with cancer, and are denied specialized medical attention.
It is worth mentioning that Salahuddin was taken prisoner in April of 2019, and was sentenced to two years in prison. In July of 2020, he was officially diagnosed with cancer while in prison.
There are at least 700 detainees in Israeli prisons who suffer from various health conditions, including 270 who have serious illnesses, such and liver and kidney diseases, and twelve who have cancer.
Former political prisoner and the head of the Documentation Department of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, told the IMEMC that the death of Mohammad under these conditions is not the first, as Israel has a longstanding policy of depriving the detainees of the basic medical treatment, they need.
He added that Israel keeps committing these crimes and getting away with them, due to the absence of accountability in international courts, and called for shedding closer attention to dire and inhumane conditions the Palestinian detainees face in Israeli prisoners.
Ferwana also said that there is a significant rise of cancer cases among the Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, and described what Israel is doing as organized medical crimes against them.
He called for ensuring professional and comprehensive medical checkups on all former prisoners immediately after they are freed, especially since many start showing symptoms after their release.
10 nov 2020
Kamal Abu Wa’er, 46
Cancer-stricken Palestinian prisoner, Kamal Abu Wa’er, 46, died today in Israeli detention following a sharp decline in his health condition and his exposure to medical neglect.
Abu Wa’er, from Qabatiya town in Jenin, suffered from throat cancer. He was taken prisoner in 2003 and sentenced to multiple life sentences for resisting the occupation.
Abu Wa’er was the first Palestinian prisoner in Israeli detention to have tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus), but later he recovered from the virus.
The death of Abu Wa’er brings the number of Palestinian prisoners who had died in Israeli jails since 1967 to 226.
Cancer-stricken Palestinian prisoner, Kamal Abu Wa’er, 46, died today in Israeli detention following a sharp decline in his health condition and his exposure to medical neglect.
Abu Wa’er, from Qabatiya town in Jenin, suffered from throat cancer. He was taken prisoner in 2003 and sentenced to multiple life sentences for resisting the occupation.
Abu Wa’er was the first Palestinian prisoner in Israeli detention to have tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus), but later he recovered from the virus.
The death of Abu Wa’er brings the number of Palestinian prisoners who had died in Israeli jails since 1967 to 226.
3 sept 2020
Dawood Talaat Al-Khatib 45
A Palestinian prisoner died in an Israeli prison on Wednesday evening only few months before completing his 18-year sentence.
Wa'ed Prisoners Commission confirmed the martyrdom of the prisoner Dawood Talaat Al-Khatib from Bethlehem at Ofer prison near Ramallah.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said that Khatib died of a heart attack. Khatib, 45, suffered from bad health conditions during his arrest, it said, adding that he suffered a stroke several years ago and underwent an open heart surgery.
His continued detention has contributed to the deterioration of his health that coupled with medical neglect in Israeli prisons led to his untimely death, the PPS elaborated.
According to PPS, 225 Palestinians have martyred while in Israeli custody since 1967.
It renewed its demand for the release of all sick prisoners in the occupation prisons especially due to spread of the Coronavirus.
The occupation forces arrested Khatib on 2/4/2001 after they besieged his house in Bethlehem and he was scheduled to complete his sentence and be freed this coming December.
Wa'ed called on all Palestinian factions to reject the occupation's narrative about the circumstances of Khatib’s martyrdom and called on the International Committee of the Red Cross to investigate his death.
Tension mounted in Ofer prison after news of Khatib’s death as prison guards raided the cells to quell prisoners’ protests and sprayed them with gas.
A Palestinian prisoner died in an Israeli prison on Wednesday evening only few months before completing his 18-year sentence.
Wa'ed Prisoners Commission confirmed the martyrdom of the prisoner Dawood Talaat Al-Khatib from Bethlehem at Ofer prison near Ramallah.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said that Khatib died of a heart attack. Khatib, 45, suffered from bad health conditions during his arrest, it said, adding that he suffered a stroke several years ago and underwent an open heart surgery.
His continued detention has contributed to the deterioration of his health that coupled with medical neglect in Israeli prisons led to his untimely death, the PPS elaborated.
According to PPS, 225 Palestinians have martyred while in Israeli custody since 1967.
It renewed its demand for the release of all sick prisoners in the occupation prisons especially due to spread of the Coronavirus.
The occupation forces arrested Khatib on 2/4/2001 after they besieged his house in Bethlehem and he was scheduled to complete his sentence and be freed this coming December.
Wa'ed called on all Palestinian factions to reject the occupation's narrative about the circumstances of Khatib’s martyrdom and called on the International Committee of the Red Cross to investigate his death.
Tension mounted in Ofer prison after news of Khatib’s death as prison guards raided the cells to quell prisoners’ protests and sprayed them with gas.
8 july 2020
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ Affairs has confirmed, on Wednesday morning, the death of an elderly Palestinian political prisoner at Israeli medical center following years of medical neglect.
The Commission stated that Sa’adi Khalil al-Gharabily, 75, from Gaza, has died on Wednesday morning, at an Israeli medical center, after suffering for several years from various health conditions, including cancer.
Qadri Abu Bakr, the head of the Commission, has reported that Israel confirmed his death to one of its lawyers, adding that the detainee died at Kaplan Medical Center.
Although some media outlets have reported his death, Tuesday, the detainee was still in a critical condition hooked life support machines, before he was declared clinically dead, and eventually died.
It is worth mentioning that his family has been denied the right to visit with him since the year 1999.
The Commission called on Israel to transfer his corpse to the Palestinians for an autopsy and a proper burial ceremony.
Former political prisoner, researcher and the head of the Studies and Documentation Committee of the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, has confirmed to the IMEMC the death of al-Gharabily, and stated that the deceased was the second oldest detainee in Israeli prisons, the oldest being Fuad Shobaki, 80.
He added that al-Gharabily was serving a life term in prison after an Israeli court convicted him of killing an Israeli officer in Tel Aviv in the year 1994. He spent most of his sentence in solitary confinement under inhumane conditions, including when he was held in a cell from the year 1994 until 2006.
His death brings the number of detainees, who died or were killed, in Israeli prisons since the year 1967 to 224.
Ferwana stated that 73 detainees died after being continuously and severely tortured, and seven others were shot and killed while in prison, and added that hundreds of Palestinians also died after being released from Israeli prisons after being denied proper and specialized medical treatment while in captivity.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) issued a statement denouncing the serious and ongoing Israeli violations against the detainees, including denying them access to specialized medical treatment, in addition to the solitary confinement policies, torture and constant abuse.
The PPS added that at least 700 Palestinian detainees require proper and specialized medical care, but are denied this basic right, and called on forming a nonaligned medical committee that supervises healthcare of ailing detainees, and those with special needs.
It also urged international legal and human rights groups to intervene and provide protection to the Palestinian people, living under the illegal Israeli occupation of their homeland, and to ensure that Israel abides by all related international treaties and conventions.
The Commission stated that Sa’adi Khalil al-Gharabily, 75, from Gaza, has died on Wednesday morning, at an Israeli medical center, after suffering for several years from various health conditions, including cancer.
Qadri Abu Bakr, the head of the Commission, has reported that Israel confirmed his death to one of its lawyers, adding that the detainee died at Kaplan Medical Center.
Although some media outlets have reported his death, Tuesday, the detainee was still in a critical condition hooked life support machines, before he was declared clinically dead, and eventually died.
It is worth mentioning that his family has been denied the right to visit with him since the year 1999.
The Commission called on Israel to transfer his corpse to the Palestinians for an autopsy and a proper burial ceremony.
Former political prisoner, researcher and the head of the Studies and Documentation Committee of the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, has confirmed to the IMEMC the death of al-Gharabily, and stated that the deceased was the second oldest detainee in Israeli prisons, the oldest being Fuad Shobaki, 80.
He added that al-Gharabily was serving a life term in prison after an Israeli court convicted him of killing an Israeli officer in Tel Aviv in the year 1994. He spent most of his sentence in solitary confinement under inhumane conditions, including when he was held in a cell from the year 1994 until 2006.
His death brings the number of detainees, who died or were killed, in Israeli prisons since the year 1967 to 224.
Ferwana stated that 73 detainees died after being continuously and severely tortured, and seven others were shot and killed while in prison, and added that hundreds of Palestinians also died after being released from Israeli prisons after being denied proper and specialized medical treatment while in captivity.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) issued a statement denouncing the serious and ongoing Israeli violations against the detainees, including denying them access to specialized medical treatment, in addition to the solitary confinement policies, torture and constant abuse.
The PPS added that at least 700 Palestinian detainees require proper and specialized medical care, but are denied this basic right, and called on forming a nonaligned medical committee that supervises healthcare of ailing detainees, and those with special needs.
It also urged international legal and human rights groups to intervene and provide protection to the Palestinian people, living under the illegal Israeli occupation of their homeland, and to ensure that Israel abides by all related international treaties and conventions.
7 july 2020
The Israeli Prison Service has not yet officially informed the Palestinians or the Red Cross of the death of a Palestinian detainee in prison, while the current information reveals that the detainee is likely clinically dead, but so far, there has been no official confirmation, despite various conflicting reports.
Former political prisoner, researcher and the head of the Studies and Documentation Committee of the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees, has informed the International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) that the Israeli Prison Service has not informed any party that the detainee, Sa’ad al-Gharabily, 75, has died, and only announced he is in a critical condition, or possibly clinically dead.
Ferwana added that his department is still awaiting an official confirmation about the detainee’s condition, and held Israel fully responsible for his life, especially amidst the lack of proper medical treatment to the detainees.
“We can only hope that al-Gharabily is alive, and we wish him a full recovery; we also hold Israel fully responsible for what happens to him,” Ferwana told the IMEMC, “All that we know, especially since Israel is not providing much information, is that the detainee is still alive, but in a very critical condition.”
It is worth mentioning that al-Gharabily is from the Gaza Strip, and was taken prisoner in the year 1994, before he was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of participating in attacks against Israeli occupation targets.
Ferwana voiced an appeal to media outlets to refrain from publishing unconfirmed reports, that are largely conflicting and only cause more agony and suffering to the families of the detainees.
His statements came after various media outlets, journalists and activists, published reports, or posts, claiming the detainee has died in prison, even though no official confirmation was ever made.
“The issue of the detainees is a humanitarian cause; it is not a subject for media outlets to deal with it as breaking news, competing on who publishes first before all others,” Ferwana told the IMEMC, “Media outlets and social media activists must be aware of the facts, and should never publish such reports before they are officially confirmed or denied.”
“It is already always difficult to get any news from the Israeli prisons, detention centers, and interrogation facilities. Israel’s lack of cooperation with human rights groups and the Red Cross, makes getting such news nearly impossible,” Ferwana said, “I call on all individuals, media outlets, officials, institutions, and political factions to refrain from making statements and publishing hasty reports without official confirmations. We also need to always respect the families, and what they go through in these conditions.”
“A martyr is not a number, is not a new breaking news item; we need to wait; we need to confirm before we make official statements and issue press releases,” Ferwana concluded, “to those who just want to publish, those who claim to know the full truth, if I could whisper in their ears, I would say please have compassion and respect to the feelings of others, respect the people, respect their minds, and then, they will respect you back.”
Former political prisoner, researcher and the head of the Studies and Documentation Committee of the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees, has informed the International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) that the Israeli Prison Service has not informed any party that the detainee, Sa’ad al-Gharabily, 75, has died, and only announced he is in a critical condition, or possibly clinically dead.
Ferwana added that his department is still awaiting an official confirmation about the detainee’s condition, and held Israel fully responsible for his life, especially amidst the lack of proper medical treatment to the detainees.
“We can only hope that al-Gharabily is alive, and we wish him a full recovery; we also hold Israel fully responsible for what happens to him,” Ferwana told the IMEMC, “All that we know, especially since Israel is not providing much information, is that the detainee is still alive, but in a very critical condition.”
It is worth mentioning that al-Gharabily is from the Gaza Strip, and was taken prisoner in the year 1994, before he was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of participating in attacks against Israeli occupation targets.
Ferwana voiced an appeal to media outlets to refrain from publishing unconfirmed reports, that are largely conflicting and only cause more agony and suffering to the families of the detainees.
His statements came after various media outlets, journalists and activists, published reports, or posts, claiming the detainee has died in prison, even though no official confirmation was ever made.
“The issue of the detainees is a humanitarian cause; it is not a subject for media outlets to deal with it as breaking news, competing on who publishes first before all others,” Ferwana told the IMEMC, “Media outlets and social media activists must be aware of the facts, and should never publish such reports before they are officially confirmed or denied.”
“It is already always difficult to get any news from the Israeli prisons, detention centers, and interrogation facilities. Israel’s lack of cooperation with human rights groups and the Red Cross, makes getting such news nearly impossible,” Ferwana said, “I call on all individuals, media outlets, officials, institutions, and political factions to refrain from making statements and publishing hasty reports without official confirmations. We also need to always respect the families, and what they go through in these conditions.”
“A martyr is not a number, is not a new breaking news item; we need to wait; we need to confirm before we make official statements and issue press releases,” Ferwana concluded, “to those who just want to publish, those who claim to know the full truth, if I could whisper in their ears, I would say please have compassion and respect to the feelings of others, respect the people, respect their minds, and then, they will respect you back.”
6 july 2020
Sa’di al-Gharabli, 75
Palestinian prisoner Sa’di al-Gharabli, 75, died on Monday afternoon at Israel’s Eshel Prison due to deliberate medical neglect.
Al-Gharabli, a resident of Shijaiya neighborhood in Gaza who was serving a life sentence, spent 26 years in Israeli jails.
Al-Gharabli was arrested in 1994 and spent about 15 years of his detention in solitary confinement.
According to al-Gharabli’s family, who met him for the last time in 2001 before the Israel Prison Service decided to deprive him of family visits, al-Gharabli was deliberately denied treatment for prostate cancer and other chronic diseases.
Although his health condition gravely deteriorated in recent weeks, the Israel Prison Service refused to move him to the Ramle Prison Clinic and left him to suffer until he took his last breath.
Al-Gharabli’s death brought the number of Palestinians who have died while in Israeli custody since 1967 to 223. This is added to hundreds of prisoners who died after their release from Israeli jails due to illnesses and injuries they sustained during their detention.
Palestinian prisoner Sa’di al-Gharabli, 75, died on Monday afternoon at Israel’s Eshel Prison due to deliberate medical neglect.
Al-Gharabli, a resident of Shijaiya neighborhood in Gaza who was serving a life sentence, spent 26 years in Israeli jails.
Al-Gharabli was arrested in 1994 and spent about 15 years of his detention in solitary confinement.
According to al-Gharabli’s family, who met him for the last time in 2001 before the Israel Prison Service decided to deprive him of family visits, al-Gharabli was deliberately denied treatment for prostate cancer and other chronic diseases.
Although his health condition gravely deteriorated in recent weeks, the Israel Prison Service refused to move him to the Ramle Prison Clinic and left him to suffer until he took his last breath.
Al-Gharabli’s death brought the number of Palestinians who have died while in Israeli custody since 1967 to 223. This is added to hundreds of prisoners who died after their release from Israeli jails due to illnesses and injuries they sustained during their detention.
26 apr 2020
Israeli occupation authorities are due to hand over the body of deceased Palestinian detainee Nour Barghouti to his family late on Sunday evening, today said the Palestinian Authority's Detainees Affairs Commission.
Barghouti, 23, from Aboud village near Ramallah, died on Wednesday after he fell unconscious in the bathroom in the Naqab prison in the south of Israel. He had been in prison for four years.
According to the commission, it took the prison administration more than half an hour to provide Barghouti with medical assistance only after prisoners started to shout for assistance.
However, the prisoner was later pronounced dead, said the PPS, which then held the Israel Prisons Service responsible for his death for not providing him with immediate assistance, but rather stalling which led to his death.
Barghouti, 23, from Aboud village near Ramallah, died on Wednesday after he fell unconscious in the bathroom in the Naqab prison in the south of Israel. He had been in prison for four years.
According to the commission, it took the prison administration more than half an hour to provide Barghouti with medical assistance only after prisoners started to shout for assistance.
However, the prisoner was later pronounced dead, said the PPS, which then held the Israel Prisons Service responsible for his death for not providing him with immediate assistance, but rather stalling which led to his death.
22 apr 2020
Nour Jaber Barghouti, 23
A Palestinian prisoner serving an 8-year sentence for resisting the occupation has died in an Israeli jail this morning, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
It said in a statement that Nour Jaber Barghouti, 23, from Aboud town near Ramallah who has been in prison for four years, fell unconscious in the bathroom in the Naqab prison in the south of Israel.
It said it took the prison administration more than half an hour to provide Barghouti with medical assistance only after prisoners started to shout for assistance.
However, the prisoner was later pronounced dead, said the PPS, holding the Israel Prisons Service responsible for his death for not providing him with immediate assistance, but rather stalling which led to his death.
A Palestinian prisoner serving an 8-year sentence for resisting the occupation has died in an Israeli jail this morning, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
It said in a statement that Nour Jaber Barghouti, 23, from Aboud town near Ramallah who has been in prison for four years, fell unconscious in the bathroom in the Naqab prison in the south of Israel.
It said it took the prison administration more than half an hour to provide Barghouti with medical assistance only after prisoners started to shout for assistance.
However, the prisoner was later pronounced dead, said the PPS, holding the Israel Prisons Service responsible for his death for not providing him with immediate assistance, but rather stalling which led to his death.
