RAMALLAH, Wednesday, January 17, 2024 (WAFA) – The Commission for Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs said today that all the evidence and testimony related to the sudden death of Palestinian prisoner Abdul-Rahman Marei conclusively proves that he was tortured by the Israeli prison guards on November 7, leading to his subsequent sudden death on November 13.

In a press statement, the commission added that the last conclusive evidence of this crime was the confession of the Israeli occupation’s representative in the Hadera Court during a session held today, in the presence of a legal team from the commission.

The commission explained that the representative of the occupation recounted during her interrogation that Marei, from Salfit, was severely beaten and assaulted by a large group of jailers after he quarreled with one of them.

She added that the necessary treatment was not provided to him, and he was only examined by the detainee’s clinic, which indicated severe injuries to his face and the upper part of his body, especially the abdomen, and a defect in the lungs.

He was transferred to a solitary confinement cell as he was suffering from bleeding, she said, noting that he died on November 13.

The representative revealed that Marei was not provided with any treatment and was not medically examined again until the day of his death although the clinic knew that beating him caused a lung disorder.

The commission affirmed that the Israeli occupation will re-examine Marei’s body, claiming that the initial forensic doctor’s report did not clearly determine the causes of death, and accordingly a final report will be prepared on the causes of death, and a session has been scheduled for January 25.

At least six Palestinian prisoners have suddenly died in Israeli prisons in an ongoing Israeli repression campaign that is unprecedented in scale and intensity, coinciding with the Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7.

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