RAMALLAH, September 8, 2025 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Authority said on Monday that imprisoned journalist Ali al-Samoudi, 60, from Jenin, is suffering from poor health and deliberate medical neglect.

Al-Samoudi is currently held in Section 15 of the Negev prison, where he lives under harsh and inhumane conditions.

Prisoner al-Samoudi said that the Negev Prison Service has refused to treat him since his arrest. He was subjected to brutal treatment upon his arrest, having been held in a military barracks in Jenin camp for eighty hours, handcuffed and blindfolded, without water, food, or medicine.

He was also severely beaten during his transfer to Megiddo prison, where his clothes were confiscated and his glasses broken.

Al-Samoudi is currently held alongside 160 detainees, completely cut off from the outside world amid systematic starvation and ongoing attacks. His health is extremely poor, with severe stomach, colon, head, and eye pain, urinary tract infections, loss of consciousness, and imbalance. He is unable to sleep and has lost 40 kilograms.

Regarding the conditions of the prisoners' detention, the prisoner conveyed through the Commission's lawyer that the conditions are extremely difficult and that the attacks against prisoners are ongoing. They are also deprived of all basic necessities and living requirements, such as water, food, medicine, sugar, and salt.

Al-Samoudi told the Commission's lawyer, "They informed me that I am being detained because I am a journalist and correspondent for Al Jazeera and Al-Quds newspaper. We will not bring charges against you related to your journalistic work, lest there be an international backlash and scandal for Israel. I was shot the day my colleague Shireen Abu Akleh was martyred, so my detention is arbitrary, unjust, and illegal."

Al-Samoudi was arrested on May 9, 2025, and placed under administrative detention. His detention was renewed for an additional four months for the second time in a row.

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