Palestinian Detainee Dies Due to Medical Negligence in Israeli Prison: Advocacy Groups

Palestinian Detainee Dies Due to Medical Negligence in Israeli Prison: Advocacy Groups

News January 14, 2025
Palestinian Detainee Dies Due to Medical Negligence in Israeli Prison: Advocacy Groups
Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- A Palestinian detainee died this week in an Israeli prison due to medical negligence after being denied treatment, prisoner advocacy groups announced on Monday, marking the 55th Palestinian to die in Israeli custody since the start of the Gaza genocide. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said in a statement that Moataz Mahmoud Abu Zneid, 35, had been suffering from severe health problems but did not receive medical care until he fell into a coma on 6 January. His death was announced on Sunday at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, occupied Palestine. According to his family, Abu Zneid had not suffered from any health problems before his arrest on 27 June 2023. "The prison administration deliberately delayed transferring him to the hospital and perpetrated a medical crime against him," the two groups said. "Abu Zneid's case... constitutes a new crime in the record of the Israeli brutality system." Abu Zneid, a 35-year-old resident of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, has previously gone on hunger strikes in protest against his administrative detention. His death brings the total number of known Palestinians to have died in Israeli detention since the start of the Israeli assault on Gaza to 55, according to the two groups. The groups noted that since the start of the assault there has been a rise in the number of fatalities amongst Palestinian prisoners, who are living through a "humanitarian catastrophe" in Israeli prisons. They added that prisoners endure torture, starvation, sexual assault, medical negligence, as well as being held in poor conditions, which leads to their deteriorating health.

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