Israeli court to open investigation into death of Palestinian detainee in Israeli jails after finding that he had been severely beaten and tortured

RAMALLAH: The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) reported that the Israeli occupation court decided to open an immediate investigation into the case of Palestinian detainee Abdul Rahman Mirie, 33, from Qarawat Bani Hassan village, northwest of the West Bank city of Salfit, who died in Israeli Megiddo prison on November 13, and the Israel Prison Service (IPS) kept his death a secret until the next day. In a joint statement, they stressed that the judge's decision came after finding that the slain detainee had been severely beaten and tortured, with visible traces of torture left behind on his body. The statement said that the judge asked the occupation police to provide the court with the details of the party that investigated the death of the detainee and to provide the family's lawyer and the court with the forensic report by 25/12/2023. A joint statement issued by the commission and PPS a day after finding out about Mirie's death accused the IPS of assassinating Mirie and hiding information about his death, describing his death as 'premeditated assassination.' With Mirie's death, a total of six Palestinian prisoners have died in prison since October 7. Mirie was detained on February 25. He is married and a father to four children. His brother, Mohammad, was previously killed by Israeli forces. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency