An Israeli military court renewed on Thursday the detention of an elderly Palestinian prisoner for five days in spite of his deteriorating health condition the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said.
According to the PPS the detention of Omar Barghouti 66 was extended for five days pending investigation.
Barghouti was detained along with his son Asef on December 12 from his home hours after Israeli soldiers shot and killed his son Saleh outside Ramallah.
PPS said Omar Barghouti who himself had already spent a total of 26 years in Israeli prisons some he served as administrative detainee without charge or trial and based on “secret evidence” had a heart attack in recent years and underwent several surgeries. He is also diabetic and takes 12 kinds of medicines.
Yet he is kept in a small and cold cell at the notorious al-Maskoubia Compound and is forced to sleep on the cold ground.
Omar Barghouti’s brother Nael Barghouti has been in prison for 39 years.
