RAMALLAH, Saturday, March 16, 2024 (WAFA) - Palestinian detainee Juma Abu Ghanima, 26, has died in the Israeli prison of Negev, the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission and Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) today announced, bringing the total number of prisoners and detainees who have died in Israeli prisons since October 7 to 13 due to torture and medical negligence .

PPS pointed out that Israeli occupation prison service announced the transfer of the detainee Abu Ghanima in a serious health condition from his cell in Eshel prison to a hospital, five days ago.

The commission and PPS said in a joint statement that Abu Ghanima was arrested in January for his resistance to the occupation.

The Israeli media had revealed the death of several detainees from Gaza behind Israeli jails, and to this day the occupation refuses to disclose their identities, in light of its continued implementation of the crime of enforced disappearance against Gaza detainees after October 7.

The commission and PPS held the occupation prison administration, which continues to carry out torture and systematic medical negligence against Palestinian detainees held in Israeli jails, which significantly escalated after October 7,  the full responsible for the death of Abu Ghanima.

PPS and the Commission said in a joint statement that 250 Palestinian prisoners died in Israeli prison since the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem in 1967.

 The total number of Palestinian detainees held in occupation jails surged to 9,100, including 3,558 administrative detainees.

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