A Palestinian minor dies in an Israeli prison
A 17 -year -old Palestinian teenager died on Sunday in the megido prison, in northern Israel and in which Oenegés have documented “systematic” abuse against the inmates, so there are already 63 the detainees dead in custody from the beginning of the war in Gaza in October 2023, reports on Monday the commission of prisoners’ matters Palestinians
The young man has been identified as Walid Jaled Abdullah Ahmad, originally from Ramala and arrested at the end of September, date from which he has remained imprisoned without trial.
While the circumstances of his death have not yet been confirmed, the Israeli prison service also confirmed this morning in a statement the death of a detainee “of Security of the Prison of Megado, 17 years old” and said that his medical condition was confidential.
The commission and the prison club clarified that among those 63 dead in an Israeli prison since the war there are at least 40 Palestinians in Gaza.
“This marks the most bloody stage in the history of the movement of prisoners since 1967. With their martyrdom, the number of known martyrs of the prison movement since 1967 amounts to 300, while dozens of detainees of Gaza remain in forced disappearance,” these organizations said in the statement.
In addition, according to their data, the number of prisoners whose bodies remain confiscated by Israel, in which Oenegés qualify as “collective punishment” for their families, has risen to 72, including 61 since the beginning of the war.
Already in August 2024, the prestigious Israeli NGO Bh zelem denounced in a report – in which they interviewed 55 Palestinian prisoners released the majority without charges – purses, unhealthiness, lack of communication, sexual abuse or deprivation of food and sleep in Israeli prisons; conditions that ensured worsened from the war. (EFE)
