Another Gazan detainee dies in Israeli detention

A view of Ofer Prison located between Ramallah and Jerusalem as preparations for the release of Palestinian prisoners continue, on January 30, 2025 [Issam Rimawi – Anadolu Agency]

Another Palestinian detainee from the Gaza Strip has died in Israeli detention, prisoners’ affairs groups said today.

Rafat Adnan Abu Fannanah, 34, was detained by the Israeli occupation army on 7 October 2023, and died in custody, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a joint statement.

Abu Fannanah, a father of one, was injured during his arrest and was held at Ayalon Prison before he was transferred to the Shamir Medical Centre southeast of Tel Aviv, where he was pronounced dead, the statement said.

His death brings to 60 the number of Palestinian detainees who have died in Israeli detention, including 39 from Gaza, since October 2023, according to Palestinian figures.

Palestinian authorities estimate that at least 297 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli prisons since Tel Aviv’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza in 1967.

At least 10,000 Palestinians remain in Israeli prisons. The figure does not include those arrested from the Gaza Strip whose numbers are estimated to be in the thousands.

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