RAMALLAH, February 8, 2026 (WAFA) – The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said today that three Palestinian detainees in the Israeli Megiddo prison are suffering from serious health conditions as a result of deliberate medical neglect by the Israeli Prison Service, in addition to starvation, deprivation of water, insults, daily searches, and the lack of personal hygiene supplies.
The commission documented, through its lawyer who visited the detainees, several severe medical cases.
Detainee Abdullah Mahmoud Mezher, 25, from Balata refugee camp in Nablus, has been held in administrative detention since September 25, 2025. He has suffered for nearly two years from shrapnel injuries to his left eye and previously relied on daily medical eye drops, which are no longer provided, causing constant burning pain.
Mezher also suffers from an old injury to his right hand containing a metal plate, causing severe pain. Prison authorities have refused to provide him with painkillers despite his need for surgery, a situation worsened by the continuous use of iron shackles and repeated repression.
Detainee Mohammad Sobhi Hamadneh, 42, from Nablus, detained since August 1, 2024, contracted a virus similar to amoeba infection last February, resulting in severe diarrhea and inability to breathe or stand. His weight dropped to 37 kilograms and his blood pressure fell to five, causing him to lose consciousness.
He was transferred to Emek Hospital, where he remained for 29 days before being discharged against medical advice after being assaulted by a nurse.
Detainee Yaqub Mahmoud Qadri, 53, from the village of Bir al-Basha in Jenin, has suffered from thyroid problems for three years and requires surgery. He also suffers from herniated discs in the fourth and fifth vertebrae of his back and three discs in his neck for more than twenty years, in addition to severe dental pain requiring treatment.
Qadri has been detained since October 18, 2003, and was among six detainees who briefly secured their freedom from Gilboa prison on September 6, 2021.
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