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Hamas: Death of leader in Israeli jail amounts to murder

Friday, 26 July 2024 10:58 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 27 July 2024 2:09 AM ]

Hamas leader Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara

The Gaza Ministry of Detainees has condemned the death of a Hamas leader, Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara, in Israeli custody, saying it was a result of torture and deliberate medical negligence.

The ministry said on Friday in a statement that Israeli authorities have subjected Palestinian detainees to inhumane conditions and systematic assault.

Describing it as an ugly, slow death, the ministry pointed out that this is something unnoticed by international organizations.

Hamas reacted as well, saying it was another Israeli assassination through deliberate medical neglect.

Hamas held Israel responsible for the death of one of its leaders, Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara, in detention in the occupied West Bank, describing it as an assassination through deliberate medical neglect. pic.twitter.com/WemwXpsCZx
— Palestine Highlights (@PalHighlight) July 26, 2024

The movement added that the heinous crime is in line with Israel’s war of extermination and systematic killings of Palestinian figures.

Son of the deceased Hamas leader, Zeid Abu Ara, stated that denying necessary medical services and appropriate food to a sick prisoner constitutes execution.

Palestinians have held a funeral for the deceased Hamas leader, mourning his passing.

Gaza prisoners subject to harshest torture, Israel denying access: Palestine

Palestinian authorities say Israel is imposing the harshest tortures on prisoners taken from Gaza.

“The occupation deliberately induces famine inside the prison as it does outside in the areas of the Strip,” the Ministry of Prisoners and Freed Prisoners said in a separate statement on Friday.

“A recently released prisoner from the occupation's prisons reported that the food provided is not sufficient at all for the huge numbers of prisoners and is served without salt, causing each prisoner to lose more than half their weight in prison,” it added.

“The ministry also demands an urgent and immediate halt to such practices, the rapid release of all prisoners and detainees from the occupation’s prisons, and the prosecution of the occupation leaders in international courts for committing crimes against humanity,” the statement added.