The Israel Prison Service on Tuesday transferred the Palestinian detainee Mohammed Salah ed-Din a cancer patient from the Ramle prison clinic to Ichilov Hospital after his health condition seriously worsened.
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said in a press statement that 20-year-old Salah ed-Din has been detained since April 2019 and has 7 months left of his two-year prison term.
There are about 4700 Palestinians languishing in Israeli jails including 41 female prisoners 160 children 400 administrative detainees (held without charge or trial) and 700 prisoners with health problems 10 of whom are suffering from different types of cancer.
