Palestinian Prisoners' Commission: Palestinian Detainee Facing Deliberate Medical Neglect
The Palestinian Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs reported that Muhammad Osama Rabi' (21 years old) from Beit Anan, Quds, is suffering from deliberate medical neglect in Gilboa prison—part of a slow-killing policy similar to what many Palestinian prisoners face in the occupation's jails.
In a statement issued Sunday following a visit by the Commission's lawyer, the Commission said that Rabi' underwent surgery prior to his arrest in 2021 to remove air cysts from his lungs. However, his condition deteriorated after he was beaten by prison suppression units. He now suffers from severe chest pain, difficulty breathing, constant headaches, and has been battling advanced-stage scabies for over a year—though he has recently begun to recover.
The Commission noted that despite his severe suffering, Rabi' has submitted multiple requests to prison authorities for medical attention and to see a doctor, all of which have been repeatedly denied.
Rabi' was arrested on March 7, 2024, and initially sentenced to nine months in prison. However, upon completing his sentence, he was shocked to learn that his case had been transferred to administrative detention. He is currently undergoing his second administrative extension.
It is worth noting that since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, the occupation forces have arrested over 17,500 Palestinians in the West Bank, including 545 women and 1,400 children. Israel currently holds no fewer than 10,400 Palestinian detainees, among them 49 women, 440 children, and 3,562 administrative detainees, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Club.
This escalation comes in parallel with ongoing massacres in the Gaza Strip and increasing assaults by the Israeli army and settlers in the West Bank and occupied Quds, which have resulted in the martyrdom of at least 980 Palestinians and injuries to nearly 7,000 others.
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