Cancer-stricken detainee Eyad Jerjawi 34 is suffering grave health deterioration at Israel’s Gilboa prison amid deliberate medical neglect by the Israel Prison Service Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said on Tuesday.
The commission said in a statement that Jerjawi a resident of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip has been recently diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in the brain and he needs to undergo an urgent surgery.
The commission accused the Israel Prison Service of deliberate delay in allowing Jerjawi to receive the medical care he needs.
Jerjawi who is at risk of losing his sight and ability to move one side of his body must be transferred to a hospital as soon as possible the commission stressed.
The commission held the Israel Prison Service fully responsible for Jerjawi’s life and the lives of other cancer-stricken Palestinians in Israeli jails who are at a higher risk now with the coronavirus outbreak and absence of vital health care.
Jerjawi was arrested in June 2011 and sentenced to nine years in jail.
