RAMALLAH, October 7, 2025 (WAFA) – A Palestinian detainee on Tuesday died in an Israeli hospital due to deliberate medical negligence, according to the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Committee and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.

They said that they were informed by the General Authority of Civil Affairs that Ahmad Hatem Mohammad Khdeirat, a resident of Adh-Dhahiriya town in Hebron governorate, died in an Israeli hospital.

With the death of 22-year-old Khdeirat, who had been in custody since May 23, 2024, the number of prisoners who died in imprisonment rises to 78 since October 7, 2023.

According to the latest figures from Addameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, there are currently 11,100 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, including 400 child prisoners and 53 female prisoners.

This number includes approximately 3,544 Palestinians placed under “administrative detention”, which allows the detention of Palestinians without charge or trial for renewable intervals ranging between three and six months based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing.

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