Palestinian teenager dies in Israel's jail after being held 6 months without charge
A 17-year-old Palestinian teenager from the West Bank has died in an Israeli prison six months after being detained and imprisoned without any chargers, Palestinian officials say.
Walid Ahmad, a 17-year-old teenager, “passed away yesterday (April 3) in the prison, with his medical condition being under privacy protection,” the Israeli prison service said in a statement on Tuesday.
He was reportedly the first Palestinian under 18 from the West Bank to die in an Israeli prison.
According to Thaer Shriteh, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority’s detainee commission, Walid had collapsed and hit his head on a metal rod, losing consciousness.
“The prison administration did not respond to the prisoners’ requests for urgent care to save his life,” Shriteh said, citing witnesses who spoke to the commission.
Walid’s family said he was “a healthy high schooler” at the time the Israeli forces abducted him in September 2024.
“He was a lively teen who enjoyed playing soccer before he was taken from his home,” his father, Khalid Ahmad, told the Associated Press.
Ahmad said he noticed during Walid’s four court appearances – conducted over video link – that his son appeared to be in poor health.
According to his father, Walid’s body “was weakened due to malnutrition in the prisons in general.”
His lawyer, Firas al-Jabrini, said Israeli authorities had denied his requests to visit Walid in prison. He cited three prisoners held alongside Walid that he had dysentery.
Walid was the 63rd Palestinian who lost his life in the Israeli regime’s detention since it launched its genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023. Since then, more than 4,000 Palestinians have been abducted by Israeli forces in the West Bank.
According to Palestinian prisoner rights groups, Israel is holding the bodies of 72 Palestinian prisoners who died in its detention centers.
Human Rights groups called for an independent investigation into the death of Palestinians in Israeli prisons and military camps.
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