Ramallah : A Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jail was announced dead by a stroke on Sunday, while being hospitalized in Soroka medical center, WAFA reported.
The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission said prisoner Yasser Diab Hamdouni, 40, died at Soroka medical center while he was being treated for multiple diseases resulting from physical abuse by the Israeli prison guards at the time he was detained in 2003.
The commission accused the Israeli authorities of denying Hamdouni proper medical care at times since 2003, when he started to experience several heart issues. The Palestinian government also condemned the sudden death of Hamdouni, saying his death was a result of Israel’s medical negligence towards Palestinian detainees and prisoners.
Meanwhile, chairman of the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission Essa Qaraqe said the Israeli government and the Israeli prison authorities are responsible for Hamdouni’s death. He called for an international investigation committee to be formed to look into his death, which he described as a “heinous crime”.
He said Hamdouni had only received painkillers by the Israeli prison authorities at times of illness, saying he had not undergone any medical examination despite of a request by the commission to the prison authorities to do so.—AG/IINA