RAMALLAH, February 22, 2026 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Detainees Affairs Commission revealed on Sunday harrowing details of the abuses faced by Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Wajih Mahamid from Jenin during his ongoing incarceration in Israeli prisons.

The commission stated that on November 15, 2023, Mahamid was severely beaten on his right knee with a baton by prison guards, causing a serious injury that left him unable to walk without crutches, which the prison administration periodically confiscates.

He was also beaten again on the same knee on March 29, 2025, resulting in severe swelling and later confirmed to be a fracture. Despite the critical condition, the prison authorities only provided painkillers and refused to transfer him to hospital, maintaining a policy of deliberate medical neglect.

The commission stressed that these abuses reflect the harsh reality faced by Palestinian detainees, who are deprived of basic human rights to medical treatment and care, amid deliberate disregard for their suffering.

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