The Israeli district court in Occupied Jerusalem is slated to hold another hearing tomorrow Sunday to look into a request for the release of cancer-stricken Nasser Abu Hamid due to his critical health condition.
“Abu Hamid’s condition gets worse every day. He suffers a sharp drop in weight uses an oxygen cylinder cannot speak normally and receives intravenous feeding after cancer has spread through his body” the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs said in a statement on Saturday.
Despite his life-threatening health condition and a recent medical report recommending his urgent release the Israeli occupation authority and its courts recently rejected multiple requests filed for the release of Abu Hamid.
A few months ago the prisoner suffered from a health problem in his lungs but the Israeli prison service delayed his transfer to hospital and medically neglected his issue before deciding to take him to the hospital.
Abu Hamid a 49-year-old from al-Am’ari refugee camp in Ramallah has been in jail since 2002 serving seven life sentences and an additional 50 years in prison. He has four brothers in jail who are also serving life sentences.
