RAMALLAH, Tuesday, October 24, 2023 (WAFA) - The Prisoners’ Commission and the Prisoners’ Society said tonight that the detainee Arafat Yasser Hamdan, 25, from the town of Beit Sira, west of Ramallah, has died in Ofer detention center, the second prisoner to die while in custody in 24 hours.

They said in a statement that Hamdan was arrested two days ago, accusing the Israeli authorities of beginning a systematic assassination process against detainees in its detention centers.

Yesterday, administrative detainee Omar Hamza Daraghmeh, 58, from Tubas, detained on October 9, also died while in Megiddo prison.

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