Hamas chief Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara was killed in an Israeli jail, bringing the variety of detainees killed since Oct. 7 to 19, Palestinian prisoner advocacy organizations reported on Friday.
“The administrative detainee, Sheikh Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara, 63, from Aqaba within the Tubas province of the northern West Bank, has been martyred,” said the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society in a joint launch.
The assertion added that Ara “died after being transferred from the Israeli Ramon Prison to Soroka Hospital due to a serious deterioration in his health.”
Ara, a Hamas chief and former prisoner, had been arrested a number of occasions since 1990. The newest arrest was from his house on Oct. 30, 2023, it added, noting that earlier than his arrest, Ara suffered from extreme well being points and required intensive medical follow-up.
The assertion highlighted that “Abu Ara, like all prisoners, faced unprecedented crimes and procedures since the start of the war on Gaza, including torture, starvation and medical neglect, which were primary causes of prisoner deaths in Israeli prisons and camps.”
The assertion indicated that with the killing of detainee Ara, the variety of prisoners and detainees who’ve been killed since Oct. 7, 2023, has risen to 19.
Israel, flouting a U.N. Security Council decision demanding a direct cease-fire, has confronted worldwide condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an Oct. 7 assault by Hamas.
Nearly 39,200 Palestinians have been killed, principally girls and youngsters, and over 90,400 injured, based on native well being authorities.
Over 9 months into the Israeli onslaught, huge tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of meals, clear water, and medication.
Israel is accused of genocide on the International Court of Justice, which ordered it to instantly halt its army operation within the southern metropolis of Rafah, the place greater than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the struggle earlier than it was invaded on May 6.
Source: www.dailysabah.com