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Saba Yemen
04-05-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Palestine Prisoners' Studies Center: 550 Arrests in April, including 14 women & 52 children
Beirut - Saba: The Palestine Center for Prisoners' Studies (an independent Beirut-based organization) reported on Sunday that the Israeli occupation authorities continued their arrest campaigns in April, recording 550 arrests in the occupied West Bank and Al-Quds. Among those detained were 14 women and 52 children, while two prisoners died due to deliberate medical neglect in Israeli jails. According to Quds Press Agency, the center noted that Israeli forces carried out mass arrests targeting dozens of Palestinians in multiple areas, including the villages of Kobar and Al-Tabaqa, the refugee camps of Al-Dheisheh and Al-Fawwar, and the cities of Al-Zahiriyya, Qalqilya, and Jaba'. Detainees were held in citizens' houses, which were turned into makeshift interrogation centers. The report also highlighted the ongoing targeting of women and children, with arrests including female university students, a journalist, and a lawyer along with her two daughters. The youngest detainee was a seven-year-old child. Regarding prisoners' health conditions, the center documented the deaths of two detainees: Nasser Redaida (49) from Bethlehem and Musab Adili (20) from Nablus, both due to medical negligence in Israeli prisons. This raises the number of Palestinian prisoners who have died in detention to 302. April also saw an escalation in administrative detention policies, with 910 new or renewed administrative detention orders issued—including against women and children. Among them was the youngest administrative detainee, a 14-year-old from Ramallah. Additionally, the center revealed shocking testimonies from released Gaza detainees, who reported enduring severe physical torture and systematic starvation in Israeli prisons, leading some to lose half their body weight. The center accused Israeli authorities of attempting to assassinate prominent prisoner figures through torture and starvation, including Abdullah Barghouti, Hassan Salameh, Abbas Al-Sayed, Muhammad Al-Natsheh, and Ma'mar Shahrour, all of whom are in critical health conditions due to abuse and neglect. The report noted that 73 detainees from Gaza were released during April via the Kerem Shalom and Karm Abu Salem crossings, including two women who had been subjected to enforced disappearance and were freed in deteriorating health conditions. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
Middle East Eye
17-04-2025
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Palestinian prisoner dies in Israeli jail three days before his scheduled release
A Palestinian man who nearly completed his prison sentence in an Israeli jail has died, the Palestinian Authority's Commission of Detainees' and Ex-Detainees' Affairs reported on Thursday. Musab Adili, 20, from the village of Osarin near Nablus in the north of the occupied West Bank, died in the Soroka Medical Center in Beer Sheva last night, the Israeli Civil Administration told the Palestinian side. Adili had been detained since 22 March 2024 and was serving a 13-month prison sentence. He was scheduled to be released in three days. The cause of Adili's death remains unclear due to a ban on lawyers' visits imposed by the Israel Prison Service. Luay Adili, his uncle, told Middle East Eye that the young man had been held in Megiddo Prison throughout his detention, and that he had been moved to Naqab Prison about a month ago. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters He said his relatives had not been informed that Adili had been transferred to the hospital and that they were not aware of any health issues concerning him. "Two weeks ago, a prisoner was released from Naqab Prison and told us that Musab was fine and sent us his greetings. Then today, we are shocked by the news of his death without knowing any details," he said. The family, who was preparing to celebrate Adili's release, is now asking to recover his body to bury him in the village. According to the Commission of Detainees' and Ex-Detainees' Affairs, his death brings the number of Palestinians who have died in Israeli prisons since 7 October 2023 to 64, including at least 40 people from the Gaza Strip. The figures include only those whose identities are known, as the whereabouts of many Palestinians are unknown among accusations of forced disappearances by the Israeli forces amid the ongoing war in Gaza. The total number of Palestinian prisoners who have died in Israeli jail since 1967 has reached 301, while the number of prisoners whose bodies are being held by the Israeli authorities has reached 73, including 62 since October 2023, according to Palestinian data. 'Systematic crimes' The commission accused the Israeli prison authorities of subjecting Palestinian detainees to "systematic crimes, most notably torture, starvation, assaults of all kinds, medical crimes, sexual assaults and the deliberate imposition of conditions that lead to their contracting serious and contagious diseases." "The rising number of martyrs among prisoners and detainees will take a more dangerous turn as more time passes for thousands of them who are still held in prisons," the commission said in the statement announcing Adili's death. "This eerie silence about the genocide taking place in the Gaza Strip and the other side of the genocide in Israeli prisons is increasing the number of Palestinian victims at a rapid and frightening rate' - Amani Sarahneh, Palestinian Prisoners' Club Two weeks ago, the Israel Prison Service announced the death of a Palestinian child from Ramallah in Megiddo Prison. The autopsy revealed that Walid Khalid Abdullah Ahmed, 17, had been subjected to systematic starvation as well as deliberate beatings. While Israel has long been criticised for its brutal treatment of Palestinian prisoners, conditions have significantly worsened since the Gaza war. Prisoners' rights groups have accused Israel of pursuing a deliberate policy to kill them. Amani Sarahneh, spokesperson for the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, told MEE that every day, a prisoner risks dying because of the horrific conditions they endure in Israeli prisons. She described Adili's death as a consequence of the international community's failure to condemn the brutal treatment of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, which has claimed a growing number of lives. "This eerie silence about the genocide taking place in the Gaza Strip and the other side of the genocide in Israeli prisons is increasing the number of Palestinian victims at a rapid and frightening rate," Sarahneh said. As of early March, the number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails had reached more than 9,500, including 350 children and 21 women. Adili's death coincided with Palestinian Prisoners' Day, which is marked every year on 17 April to shed light on the plight of Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons.
