RAMALLAH, October 30, 2017 (WAFA) – Rajab Tahhan, who is serving a life sentence in Israeli jails, was allowed only 30 minutes on an early Monday morning hour to see his son, Majd, 19, in his Israeli hospital bed where he is getting treatment for cancer.

The Prisoners Affairs Commission said the Israeli Prison Services brought Tahhan to see his son, who has leukemia, at Hadassah Medical Center in West Jerusalem hand and foot cuffed and without the presence of any other family member. The ward was even shut down during the short visit.

The father and the son cried during the entire visit, which, according to Tahhan family members, was a brief re mixed with feelings of joy and sadness at the same time.

The Commission’s legal staff has approached Israeli courts to allow the father to see his critically ill son. The Israeli District Court in Beersheba finally ruled after several appeals to allow the brief visit.

Tahhan was one the prisoners who were released in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange, but was re-detained in 2014 and his former life term was reinstated.

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