Palestinians Authorities and Hamas have said on Friday that West Bank One of the group’s leaders, Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara Israel Died in custody.
According to the French news agency AFP, a joint statement by the Palestinian Authority’s Prisoners’ Affairs Department and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club watchdog said: ’63-year-old Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara was transferred to a hospital from a prison in southern Israel. have passed away.’
Hamas said in a statement: ‘We mourn the death of leader Sheikh Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara and hold the occupation (Israel) responsible for his murder through deliberate medical negligence.’
The Palestinian Authority and the watchdog said Abu Ara was arrested in October 2023 when he was suffering from serious health problems.
He further said that he was starved and subjected to torture during detention.
The Israeli army did not immediately comment on the matter.
Palestinian officials this month accused Tel Aviv of waging a sordid “war of revenge” against Palestinian prisoners since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons
According to an Al Jazeera report published in November last year, Israel was holding Palestinian prisoners in 20 prisons before the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel by Hamas.
Before October 7, approximately 5,200 Palestinians were detained in Israeli prisons. After the Hamas attack, 3,000 more Palestinians were arrested, including 37 journalists.
Hamas also imprisoned 250 Israelis during the October 7 attacks, and prisoners from both sides have been freed.
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Al Jazeera, citing Palestinian prisoner support and human rights organization Admir, wrote that most of the arrested journalists were subjected to administrative detention, which means they are behind bars without facing trial or charges. kept
Admir also said that prisoners are subjected to physical violence and medical negligence in prisons.
Some Palestinian prisoners have been in Israeli prisons for more than 30 years, since before the Oslo Accords were signed. According to Samidoon, an international solidarity network for Palestinian prisoners, the term ‘prisoner’s dean’ is sometimes used locally for them.
At least 700 Palestinian children under the age of 18 in the occupied West Bank are tried by Israeli military courts each year after being arrested, interrogated and detained by the Israeli military.
According to the organization ‘Save the Children’, children in Israeli detention are often subjected to physical, psychological and sexual abuse, and some are deprived of food, water and sleep.
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