Hebron: A Palestinian detainee on Tuesday died in an Israeli hospital due to deliberate medical negligence, according to the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Committee and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society. They reported that the General Authority of Civil Affairs informed them of the death of Ahmad Hatem Mohammad Khdeirat, a resident of Adh-Dhahiriya town in Hebron governorate.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA, Khdeirat, aged 22, had been in custody since May 23, 2024. His death brings the total number of prisoners who have died in custody since October 7, 2023, to 78. The incident underscores ongoing concerns about the treatment of Palestinian detainees in Israeli facilities.
The latest figures from Addameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, show that currently, 11,100 Palestinian political prisoners are held in Israeli prisons and detention centers, including 400 child prisoners and 53 female prisoners. This number includes approximately 3,544 Palestinians placed under ‘administrative detention’, a practice that permits the detention of individuals without charge or trial for renewable periods ranging from three to six months, based on undisclosed evidence inaccessible to the detainee’s lawyer.
