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Saba Yemen
24-03-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Palestinian teenager prisoner martyred in Israeli jail
Ramallah - Saba: The Palestinian Commission of Prisoners' Affairs and the Prisoners' Club announced late on Sunday the martyrdom of minor detainee Walid Khaled Abdullah Ahmed (17 years old) from the town of Silwad, east of Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, in Megiddo Prison. In a joint statement, they explained that his martyrdom adds another martyr to the list of those who have died as a result of the systematic crimes perpetrated by the prison system in an unprecedented manner since the start of the war of extermination on October 7, 2023. The war on prisoners represents another aspect of the genocide. They stated that the minor martyr, Walid Ahmed, was arrested on September 30, 2024, and remains detained to this day. The circumstances of his martyrdom have not yet been confirmed. The Prisoners' Authority and the Prisoners' Club clarified that the minor Walid is the (63) martyr to have been killed since the beginning of the war of extermination, and that only those whose identities are known, including at least (40) from Gaza. This makes this the bloodiest phase in the history of the prisoners' movement since 1967. This brings the number of martyrs from the prisoners' movement whose identities are known since 1967 to (300), noting that there are dozens of martyrs from Gaza detainees who are subject to enforced disappearance. The number of martyr prisoners whose bodies are being held has also risen to (72), including (61) since the beginning of the war. They added that the case of the martyrdom of the minor detainee Ahmed constitutes a new crime in the record of the Zionist system of brutality, which has reached its peak since the beginning of the war of extermination. They emphasized that the rising number of martyrs among prisoners and detainees will take a more dangerous turn as more time passes for thousands of prisoners and detainees to be held in enemy prisons, and as they continue to be subjected to systematic crimes, most notably torture, starvation, assaults of all kinds, medical crimes, sexual assaults, and the deliberate imposition of conditions that lead to serious and contagious diseases, in addition to policies of theft and deprivation—unprecedented in their scope. They held the enemy fully responsible for his martyrdom. They renewed their call for the international human rights community to move forward with effective decisions to hold the enemy's leaders accountable for the war crimes they continue to commit against the Palestinian people. They also called for sanctions to be imposed on the enemy that would place it in a state of clear international isolation, restore the human rights community to its fundamental role, put an end to the horrific state of impotence it has endured during the war of extermination, and end the exceptional immunity granted by the former colonial powers to the Zionist enemy, which considers them above accountability, accountability, and punishment. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Middle East Eye
24-03-2025
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Palestinian teenager dies in Israel's notorious Megiddo Prison
A 17-year-old Palestinian has died in Israel's notorious Megiddo Prison, Palestinian prisoner advocacy groups reported on Monday. The Commission of Prisoners' and Ex-Prisoners' Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said they had been informed of the death of Walid Khaled Abdullah Ahmed in Megiddo Prison by the Israeli Civil Administration. Ahmed, who was from the West Bank town of Silwad, had been imprisoned since his arrest in September 2024, the groups reported, adding that they had not yet been able to ascertain the circumstances of his death. The Israeli Prison Service said in a statement that "a 17-year-old security detainee from the West Bank died yesterday [Saturday] in Megiddo Prison", without identifying him, or giving any details about the circumstances of his death. A "security" detainee is classified as someone who is arrested on anything from stone-throwing to suspicion of being involved in a protest movement. Such arbitrary arrests are commonly used by the Israelis as a pressure tactic to quell dissent. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters Megiddo Prison has long been known for its brutal treatment of Palestinian detainees. According to Haaretz, prisoners there have been subjected to electric shocks, dog attacks, and severe beatings. Some were stripped naked, bound hand and foot for days, and denied food and blankets, with several hospitalised due to the abuse. A 2024 report by the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs further detailed the horrors inside Megiddo, documenting systematic torture, medical neglect, sexual violence and routine beatings. Israeli torture: Urinating on Palestinian prisoners, burying them alive and beating the sick Read More » In a statement, the Commission and the Prisoners' Club said that Ahmed is the sixty-third Palestinian detainee to have died in detention since Israel unleashed its war on Gaza in October 2023 - a toll which includes at least 40 people from Gaza. They added that the period since October 2023 has seen an "unprecedented" rise in the "systematic crimes practised in [Israeli] prisons," making it the "bloodiest in the history of the prisoner movement since 1967". According to the Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, Ahmed's death brings the total number of Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody since 1967 to 300, although they noted that the figures are likely an underestimate as dozens of detainees captured in Gaza are subject to enforced disappearance. They added that Israel is holding the bodies of 72 Palestinian detainees, including 61 since the beginning of its war on Gaza. On 3 March, the Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club reported the death of 62-year-old detainee Ali Ashour Ali al-Batsh in Negev prison. As of early March, the number of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli custody has topped 9,500, including over 350 children, 21 women and 3,405 administrative detainees, according to the Prisoners' Club. This is up from an estimated 5,250 detainees before October 2023.
