GAZA, (PIC)
Hamas Movement said that the ongoing policy of slow and deliberate execution of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails confirms the brutality of the occupation and its complete disregard for all humanitarian values, as well as its total denial of international conventions and agreements related to the rights of war prisoners.
Hamas clarified in a statement on Thursday that the death of prisoner Ali Al-Batesh from Jabalia in northern Gaza Strip in the occupation’s jails was the result of the extremist policies of the occupation government, which seeks to kill prisoners in its jails through severe violations and criminal practices. “These include deliberate medical neglect, physical and psychological torture, solitary confinement, and deprivation of the most basic human rights,” Hamas elaborated.
The Movement warned against the continuation of the occupation’s policy of targeting and physically liquidating prisoners, affirming that these practices will not succeed in deterring their determination and hope for near freedom.
Hamas also called on the Palestinian masses in all their locations, as well as all humanitarian and rights organizations, to intensify efforts to support and back the prisoners, and to increase all forms of pressure in favor of their cause.
The Palestinian Prisoner Society and the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs announced earlier Thursday the martyrdom of prisoner Ali Ashour Al-Batesh (62 years old) in Israel’s Negev desert prison, raising the number of martyrs among Palestinian prisoners since the beginning of the extermination war on the Gaza Strip to 62 martyrs.
They indicated that with the martyrdom of prisoner Al-Batesh, the number of martyr prisoners whose bodies are being held has risen to 71 martyrs, including 60 since the beginning of the extermination war.
The current phase that prisoners in occupation jails are experiencing is the bloodiest in the history of the prisoner movement since 1967, as the number of identified martyrs from the prisoner movement since 1967 has risen to 299 martyrs, while dozens of martyrs among Gaza detainees remain subjected to enforced disappearance.
