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Palestinian detainee dies in Israeli custody due to medical neglect, group says
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society media office has announced the death of detainee Mohammed Hussein Ghawadra, 63, from the town of Burqin near Jenin in the occupied West Bank, saying he died in Israeli custody today.
Ghawadra was arrested in August 2024 and had been denied medical care despite suffering from chronic illness, the office said in a statement.
It accused Israeli prison authorities of “systematic crimes” against Palestinian prisoners, including medical neglect and psychological and physical abuse. It said Ghawadra’s passing brings the number of detainees who have died in custody since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza to 81.
At least 318 have died in Israeli custody since 1967, it added.
The group said Ghawadra is the father of administrative detainee Sami Ghawadra, who is being held without charge or trial. He is also the father of Shadi Ghawadra, who was released and subsequently exiled to Egypt earlier this year in a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas.
Family of long-term Palestinian prisoner says he faces severe health decline
The family of Palestinian prisoner Jamal al-Hoor, 55, from the town of Surif near Hebron, says he is experiencing serious health deterioration after more than 27 years in Israeli detention.
Al-Hoor was arrested in April 1997 and handed multiple life sentences, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society media office. His family says he is held in difficult conditions, suffers from diabetes, has lost significant weight and experiences repeated fainting due to poor nutrition, medical neglect and poor conditions.
Relatives told the group that he has been repeatedly denied regular family visits since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, and that communication with detainees has become extremely limited.
Al-Hoor’s family said they have endured “years of anguish”, noting the death of his mother while he was imprisoned. They called for greater efforts to secure the release of longtime prisoners.
