The Israeli prison service (IPS) rejected on Tuesday a new request to allow Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis who suffers from severe burns to undergo vital plastic surgery.
The lawyer of prisoner Jaabis a resident of Jabel Mukaber neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem submitted a second request to IPS after the first request to allow her to have reconstructive surgery on her nose had been declined the Hebrew radio said.
She is accused by the Israeli occupation authority of blowing her car up at a checkpoint a charge she denies. Her burns she affirms are the result of an accidental explosion in the car following a technical fault. The incident happened on October 11 2015.
She suffers from first and third-degree burns on 60 percent of her body and is dependent on a fellow prisoner to assist her with simple tasks.
Eight of her fingers were amputated after they had melted to stubs from the burns.
She cannot lift her hands up all the way because her underarm skin is stuck together.
Her right ear is almost nonexistent and in a constant state of inflammation and her nose has a gaping hole on one side so she breathes mostly through her mouth.
She also suffers from nervous breakdowns shock and severe psychological crises.
Two years ago before the accident Jaabis was working at a nursing home volunteering her time at charities and schools and dressing up as a clown to entertain the children at the Augusta Victoria hospital in east Jerusalem.
She has repeatedly complained to her lawyer that she does not receive proper medical treatment from the Israeli prison service.
