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Arab News
04-05-2025
- Health
- Arab News
Palestinian detainee Najem dies in Israeli custody after medical negligence
LONDON: A Palestinian prisoner died on Sunday at Israel's Soroka Medical Center after spending more than a year and a half in indefinite administrative detention, the Wafa news agency reported. Mohyee al-Din Fahmi Najem, 60, was detained on Aug. 8, 2023 under administrative detention, a practice that allows Israeli authorities to hold individuals in prison without trial for six months, subject to indefinite renewals. The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, and the Palestinian Prisoners' Society, said Najem died after suffering from medical neglect in Israeli prisons. The Palestinian Authority's affiliated groups said that Najem 'suffered from chronic illnesses and was denied proper medical care during his incarceration.' Najem was a father of six from Jenin town, in the northern occupied West Bank, who has spent 19 years in Israeli prisons because of his political activism. During a March prison visit, he was unable to walk without assistance, according to the commission and the Prisoners' Society. They accused Israeli authorities of 'compound crimes' during Najem's prolonged detention, and medical negligence. He was previously held in the notorious Negev Prison, known for its outbreaks of scabies last November and poor hygiene and medical infrastructure. Najem is the 66th Palestinian prisoner to die in an Israeli prison since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023. Among those who died, 40 were from the Gaza Strip. Since Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories in 1967, 303 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli custody, with 75 of those bodies still being withheld by Israel.
Al-Ahram Weekly
17-04-2025
- Politics
- Al-Ahram Weekly
Another Palestinian detainee dies in Israeli jails - War on Gaza
Palestinian prisoners' rights groups announced that Palestinian detainee Musab Hassan Adili had lost his life in an Israeli jail. Prisoner Musab Adili, from the village of Osarin, south of Nablus, died at Soroka Hospital last night, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said in a joint statement on Thursday. Adili, 20, was detained on 22 March 2024 and had been serving a sentence of one year and a month. He died just three days before his scheduled release. The statement said Adili's death adds to the growing list of prisoners killed as a result of the Israeli prison authorities' organized crimes, which have unprecedentedly escalated since the beginning of the current genocide in Gaza. It added that his death raises the number of Palestinian detainees killed in Israeli jails since the start of Israel's war on Gaza to 64, 40 of whom, at least, were from Gaza. The groups also noted that these are only the identified cases, referring to the crime of enforced disappearance, which continues to obscure the true scale of deaths in Israeli custody. Furthermore, they emphasized that detainees are subjected to systematic daily abuses, including torture, starvation, various forms of physical assault, medical neglect, sexual violence, and deliberate imposition of conditions that lead to the spread of serious and contagious diseases, most notably scabies. The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs had earlier stated that the number of Palestinians currently held in Israeli prisons stands at 9,900. Follow us on: Facebook Instagram Whatsapp Short link:
Al-Ahram Weekly
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Al-Ahram Weekly
Israel intensifies deadly assault on Jenin and Tulkarm - War on Gaza
Israeli occupation forces expanded their military operation in the occupied West Bank cities of Jenin and Tulkarm, demolishing homes and shops, detaining hundreds, displacing thousands, and killing 47 people, Palestinian officials said on Tuesday, according to WAFA. The Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank, codenamed Operation Iron Wall, began on 21 January in Jenin. In Jenin, the assault on the city and its refugee camp entered its 64th consecutive day. Military bulldozers continue to raze homes, demolish commercial properties, and widen roads for Israeli military use. The municipality of Jenin said the Israeli army issued demolition orders for about 66 buildings, affecting some 300 homes in neighbourhoods including Al-Aloub, Al-Hawashin, and Al-Samran. The occupation barred residents from retrieving their belongings or returning to the homes they were displaced from. Israeli troops have also bulldozed 100 percent of the camp's streets and approximately 80 percent of the city's streets, displacing residents from 3,200 homes. WAFA reported that the number of displaced persons from Jenin camp has reached 21,000 — 90 percent of the camp's population — and they are now seeking shelter in the town and surrounding villages. The Israeli operation killed 34 Palestinians in Jenin alone, with dozens more injured. They also detained approximately 480 Palestinians in the city and refugee camp, according to Palestinian rights groups. In the Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps, Israeli forces maintained their military campaign for 58 and 45 days, respectively. Military reinforcements, including armoured vehicles and infantry units, have been deployed, besieging entire neighborhoods. Israeli forces continue to raid and occupy homes, turning them into military barracks. The army seized at least 10 residential buildings. At the same time, hundreds of families have been forcibly displaced, particularly from the Rabaya'a neighborhood of Tulkarm camp and the northern district of the city, according to WAFA. The municipality reported that the occupation destroyed 396 homes and partially damaged 2,573 others in the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps. Thousands of shops, vehicles, and other infrastructure have been damaged or demolished. Israeli forces have also blocked major roads with earth mounds and imposed severe restrictions on movement. The occupation also killed at least 13 Palestinians in Tulkarm since the start of the military escalation, including a child and two women — one of whom was eight months pregnant. The Israeli forces forcibly displaced over 4,000 families from Tulkarm. The Commission of Detainees' and Ex-Detainees' Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) reported that between Monday evening and Tuesday morning, Israeli forces detained at least 25 Palestinians across the West Bank, mainly in Hebron, Nablus, Ramallah, Qalqilya, and Jerusalem. These arrests are part of an ongoing crackdown that has seen 480 detentions in Jenin and 230 in Tulkarm since the beginning of the Israeli military operation, according to WAFA. Palestinian human rights organizations have documented patterns of systematic Israeli abuses, including field executions, targeted assassinations, forced disappearances, and collective punishment. The occupation forces also used Palestinian detainees as human shields and converted multiple seized homes into military outposts. Israeli forces conduct near-daily raids across the occupied West Bank, frequently arresting Palestinians under the pretext of security operations. These operations, conducted without warrants, often trigger violent confrontations with residents. Under Israeli military law, army commanders have full executive, legislative, and judicial authority over the three million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, leaving them without any legal recourse. According to Addameer, a Palestinian prisoner rights group, there are currently 9,500 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons, including 350 children and 21 women. Israel is holding at least 3,405 Palestinians under administrative detention, which allows indefinite imprisonment without charge or trial. Since Israel's occupation of the West Bank in 1967, mass arrests have been a routine policy. Addameer estimates that the occupation has detained over 800,000 Palestinians in the last 50 years — a figure now believed to be closer to 1 million. This means that 40 percent of Palestinian men and boys in the occupied territories were imprisoned at some point. Nearly every Palestinian family has experienced the detention of a loved one. The expansion of the military operation in Jenin, Tulkarm, and across the West Bank shows no signs of abating, as Israeli forces continue large-scale detentions, home demolitions, and forced displacement amid increasing humanitarian concerns. Follow us on: Facebook Instagram Whatsapp Short link:
Jordan News
24-03-2025
- Politics
- Jordan News
Occupation Continues Its Assault on Tulkarm and Jenin, Arresting 28 Palestinians in the West Bank - Jordan News
The Israeli occupation army has continued its assault on the city of Jenin and its refugee camp in the northern West Bank for the 63rd consecutive day, with operations involving the bulldozing and burning of homes and the transformation of others into military barracks. اضافة اعلان The occupation forces deployed military reinforcements along with bulldozers to the Jenin camp, where demolition and street expansion operations are ongoing. New roads are also being constructed, and the occupation continues to fire live ammunition around the camp, with infantry movements in its neighborhoods and intensive drone flights in the skies over the city and camp. The number of displaced people from the camp has reached 21,000, who are spread across Jenin city and several villages in the governorate. In Tulkarm governorate, the Israeli occupation continues its assault on the city of Tulkarm and its refugee camp for the 57th consecutive day and for the 44th day in the Nur Shams camp east of Tulkarm, amidst escalating forced evacuations and repeated incursions, accompanied by widespread destruction of infrastructure. The occupation forces forced the residents of 10 homes in the al-Rabay'a neighborhood in the Tulkarm camp to leave, giving them a deadline until 10:30 AM to vacate their homes. This action follows the earlier forced evacuation of the al-Muqataa neighborhood in the camp, where occupation forces seized homes and turned them into military barracks, causing a wave of forced displacement among the residents. In addition, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society reported that the occupation forces arrested 28 Palestinians during raids and incursions carried out in various areas of the West Bank.
Middle East Eye
27-02-2025
- Health
- Middle East Eye
More than 600 Palestinian captives freed as first phase of Gaza deal concludes
More than 600 Palestinian detainees were freed on Thursday from Israeli jails in the final batch of the first phase of the Israel-Hamas captive exchange and ceasefire deal. This follows several delays by Israel in the release of more than 640 prisoners, according to figures from the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, which was originally scheduled for Saturday. Around 450 of them were released to Gaza, with several needing immediate medical care upon arrival and were administered into the European Hospital in Khan Younis, in the south of the besieged enclave. More than 15 prisoners serving life sentences or long-term sentences were among those released, including 40 freed to the West Bank. Some prisoners who were handed life sentences were also exiled as part of a group of 97 who were sent to Egypt, including the longest-serving political prisoner in the world, Nael al-Barghouti. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters Their release took place as Hamas handed over four bodies of Israeli captives to the Red Cross. Israeli authorities confrimed their identities to be Itzik Elgarat, Ohad Yahalomi, Shlomo Mantzur and Tsahi Idan. Despite the joy felt across the occupied West Bank and Gaza, many freed detainees showed signs of distress, abuse, starvation and medical negligence in Israeli-run prisons and detention centres. A number of them received medical attention not long after their release. In one clip, a former detainee in a bus entering the Gaza Strip warned about the condition of those remaining in prison, shouting: 'Prisoners [inside Israeli jails] are in danger. Save them.' A freed Palestinian prisoner, released as part of the phase one ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, receives medical attention in Khan Younis, in the south of Gaza (Reuters/ Hatem Khaled) In a different clip, the same Palestinian man describes the torment they endured. "We couldn't sleep, we were exhausted. They tortured us in the Israeli prisons. They tortured us and broke us. We couldn't eat," he says, adding that they had been kept waiting in the buses since 7am. Another Palestinian man described his detention as akin to the horrors of Nazism and hell. "We were in hell, and we came out of hell," he said. Palestinian prisoners endure 'systematic torture' before their release, monitor says Read More » One case of serious health complications upon release was that of Kazem Zawahreh, who had been in a coma for months. He was immediately transferred to a medical facility in the West Bank, according to local reports. Other clips showed freed captives unable to walk due to their injuries, including those who had undergone amputations. Rampant torture has been recorded in civilian and military detention facilities across Israel in recent months, resulting in the deaths of at least 60 known Palestinians since 7 October 2023, among them are at least 39 from Gaza. The latest victim was 34-year-old Raafat Adnan Abdul Aziz Abu Fanouneh, who was taken captive from Gaza, according to the General Authority of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, and the PPS. The exchanges on Thursday marked the final swaps agreed upon between Israel and Hamas as part of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement, which is due to end on Saturday. Discussions for the second phase, involving the release of more Palestinian and Israeli captives, were scheduled earlier this month, but no progress has been made so far.
