Human rights institutions on Monday warned of the deteriorating health condition of the Palestinian ex-prisoner Tareq Izz al-Din who is facing the risk of death at any moment.
Both Waed and Mohjat al-Quds associations staged a protest on Monday in solidarity with Izz al-Din and called on international human rights organizations to intervene to save his life.
Izz al-Din 44 is a Palestinian ex-prisoner from Arraba town in Jenin who was released in the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner exchange deal and expelled to Gaza in 2011 after serving 10 years in Israeli jails.
Izz al-Din suffers from leukemia and he has been held at Abdulaziz al-Rantisi Hospital in Gaza for about a month.
The closure of Rafah crossing has deprived Izz al-Din of his right to travel abroad for treatment although he already has the necessary permit.
Director of Waed association Abdullah Qandil said in an interview with the PIC reporter that every minute matters in Izz al-Din’s case calling on the Palestinian Authority to act urgently to save him.
Mohjat al-Quds Foundation appealed in a statement to the concerned Palestinian institutions to pressure Egypt to open Rafah crossing immediately and allow the travel of Izz al-Din and other humanitarian cases.
