RAMALLAH, December 11, 2025 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has sent identical letters to international institutions and bodies regarding the heinous crime committed by Israeli occupation forces against Palestinian detainee Abdul Rahman Sufyan Al-Sabatine, 21, from the town of Husan in the Bethlehem governorate, who died in an Israeli hospital.
Al-Sabatine was detained on June 24 of this year and, until shortly before his death, had no serious health issues—an indication, the ministry said, that his death resulted directly from the practices he was subjected to during arrest and detention.
The Foreign Ministry said that Al-Sabatine’s death constitutes yet another episode in the systematic violations committed by the Israeli occupation authorities against Palestinian prisoners, foremost among them deliberate medical negligence and failure to provide proper healthcare, in addition to harsh and inhumane detention conditions, ill-treatment, and deprivation of basic rights, including torture.
The ministry stressed that such practices have escalated dangerously since the start of the genocide against the Palestinian people, with the targeting of prisoners becoming a key component of the ongoing assault. The number of prisoners killed since the beginning of the war has risen to over one hundred—a grave precedent that underscores the extent of the violations and the absence of any accountability or oversight.
It added that Al-Sabatine’s death reflects the Israeli government’s implementation of the prisoner-execution law even before its formal approval, marking an unprecedented escalation and a direct threat to the lives of thousands of Palestinian detainees, in flagrant violation of international law and the Geneva Conventions.
The ministry also underscored the ongoing violations against national leaders and the entire Palestinian prisoners, particularly imprisoned leader Marwan Barghouti, who continues to face harsh punitive measures imposed by the Israeli Prison Service, including repeated isolation, physical assault, threats, denial of family visits, and deprivation of basic necessities.
The ministry said that what Barghouti is subjected to exemplifies the policy of systematic repression and collective punishment imposed on national leaders and all Palestinian prisoners in an attempt to break their will, in clear violation of international conventions and the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners.
The Foreign Ministry renewed its call for urgent and effective international action to put an end to these grave violations and to provide genuine international protection for Palestinian prisoners, urging their release.
It called on all international parties and human rights and humanitarian organizations to apply maximum diplomatic and political pressure on the extremist Israeli government to halt its inhumane practices, comply with international standards, and ensure accountability for those responsible for ongoing crimes against Palestinian detainees.
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