Palestinian ex-prisoner Ahmad Ja’far who was released from Israeli jails Sunday evening said that prisoner Kamal Abu Erra who is sentenced to life imprisonment is in a critical health condition as he is suffering from an increased breakdown of platelets.

Ja’far said that the Israel Prison Service does not provide any kind of treatment to the Palestinian prisoners suffering from serious health problems and only gives them painkillers.

For example Ja’far added prisoner Azmi al-Naffa’ needs an urgent surgery for his injured jaw but the Israel Prison Service denies him treatment.

Ja’far stressed that the condition of sick prisoners especially long-serving ones in Israeli jails is extremely tragic calling for immediate intervention to save their lives.

The Palestinian prisoner Nader Zubeidi 38 suffers from a very difficult health condition and he was transferred more than once to Israeli hospitals over the few past days a rights group revealed.

The Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies (PCPS) said that the prisoner Zubeidi who has been held in Israeli jails for nearly 15 years have been suffering from severe abdominal pain for four months.

Medical tests affirmed that he suffers intestinal parasites worms infection; however he did not receive any medical treatment with the exception of painkillers which led to his health deterioration.

Zubeidi who is currently held in Negev prison has recently become unable to move on his own in addition to suffering from urinary tract infection and hemorrhoids.

The PCPS pointed out that Zubeidi was arrested in 2003 after being shot with three bullets. He is still suffering from the injury effects as he did not receive any medical treatment at that time.

Zubeidi was banned from family visits since his arrest for being allegedly affiliated with Hamas’s armed wing al-Qassam Brigades.

During his detention he was subjected to severe torture and tough investigation.

The Center called on international health institutions to intervene urgently to save Zubeidi’s life and to stop Israel’s deliberate medical negligence policy against Palestinian prisoners.