RAMALLAH, (PIC)
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) and Palestinian Prisoners’ and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs Authority announced on Friday the martyrdom of a prisoner from the Gaza Strip in the Israeli prison of Ramla, with ongoing efforts to inform his family prior to officially declaring his name.
This brings the number of detainees who have died in Israeli jails since October 7 to ten.
The Society said the identity of the martyred prisoner was not revealed yet, pointing out that he was arrested after October 7, without further details.
In a joint statement, the two advocacy organizations affirmed that according to available information, the detainee suffered from a mobility disability before his arrest. About a month ago, he was transferred to Ramla Prison in a serious health condition because of torture which left severe wounds on his body, as reported by one of the lawyers who visited the detainees on Thursday.
The statement explained that legal attempts were made to visit the martyred detainee, but the prison administration did not allow it.
The detainees told the lawyer that the deceased detainee had passed away last Tuesday after being transferred to the hospital. Subsequently, the prison administration notified them of this without an official announcement, reflecting the continued crime of enforced disappearance that the Israeli occupation has been implementing against detainees from Gaza since October 7.
The statement of the two groups said the escalating number of martyrs in Israeli prisons after October 7, due to torture, systematic retaliatory measures, and medical negligence crimes, constitutes a clear decision to kill them.
It added that this crime comes in light of the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the comprehensive aggression against the Palestinian people, in addition to the crime of enforced disappearance, which today constitutes one of the most prominent systematic and serious crimes that the occupation insists on carrying out against Gaza detainees.
The number of detainees who have died in Israeli detention centers since October 7 has mounted to 10 martyrs, including three Gaza detainees, one of whom remains unidentified.
