Israel Hands Over Palestinian Detainee in Coma
Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- The Palestinian Red Crescent received an injured Palestinian detainee in a coma from Israel on Thursday. The transfer took place at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in occupied Jerusalem as part of the ongoing prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and the occupation state.
In a brief statement, the Red Crescent confirmed that its medical teams received the wounded detainee, Kazem Zawahreh. He was then transported to Al-Hussein Hospital in Beit Jala, near Bethlehem, in the southern West Bank.
The Red Crescent announced that its crews transferred released detainee Kazem Zawahreh, who has been in a coma for months, to a medical facility in the West Bank.
His release comes as part of the prisoner exchange deal brokered by the resistance. Zawahreh was detained on… pic.twitter.com/ybUfDs5R6u
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Aljazeera quoted a source from the Red Crescent as stating that Zawahreh had been in a coma for months. His release was previously delayed.
Last Saturday, a Red Crescent ambulance crew went to Hadassah Ein Kerem to receive Zawahreh. However, the handover was canceled after Israel delayed releasing the seventh batch of detainees under the first phase of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas. The delay was added to a series of Israeli violations of the agreement.
Today, Israel announced the delay of releasing 24 Palestinian hostages from detention.
