5 Palestinians die of torture in Israeli prison, one released with bullet wounds

Emmanuel Thomas I Friday, August 09, 2024

 

GAZA – The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu government of Israel has released one prisoner, Muhammad Abdul Fattah Saad, just as five others have died of torture while in the custody of Israel.

The 20 year old Muhammad Abdul Fattah Saad, with bullet wounds  is a resident of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip. He arrived at Nasser Hospital  after he was released with a gunshot wound  on his chest. He had been  in Israeli hospital in the last 45 days, and arrived this morning via the Karam Abu Salem crossing.

He arrived just as the Prisoner Media Office in Gaza  released names of five  prisoners who were  tortured to death in Israeli prison.

The five Palestinians  martyrs are:

1. Wafa Amin Mohammed Abdel Hadi
2. Atta Youssef Hassan Fayyad
3. Fathi Mohammed Mahmoud Jadallah
4. Majed Hamdi Ibrahim Sawafiri
5. Ali Abdullah Suleiman Al-Houli

Speaking on the incidents, one of the resistant group in the Gaza Strip, the Islamic Jihad Movement said the increasing number of martyrs from the prisoners’ movement who have ascended under the weight of torture in “Israeli” prisons and detention centers, whether known or secret, unmistakably reveals the deliberate policy of the occupation to kill and oppress ‘the sons of our Palestinian people’.

The group affirmed that the torture practiced by the zionist enemy against prisoners and detainees is a war crime and a blatant violation of all international humanitarian conventions and laws.

“These heinous practices represent a stain on the conscience of the international community, which remains silent in the face of these horrific crimes.

“The atrocities committed by the occupation against our heroic prisoners occur under the eyes and ears of all international organizations and institutions, which have done nothing to save the thousands of prisoners whose rights, freedoms, and dignity are being violated amidst shameful international silence.

“What has been revealed by recent global press reports about the brutal practices against prisoners confirms that the occupation systematically seeks to kill and liquidate Palestinians, whether in Gaza, the West Bank, or Al-Quds, especially the prisoners who represent significant symbols of resistance and national stature in the prisoners’ movement.

“We in the Islamic Jihad Movement call upon all the free and honorable people in the world to act immediately and pressure the occupying entity to stop its brutal crimes against prisoners and to work towards improving their detention conditions”, the group said.