TEL AVIV: The Israeli prison service on Monday said that a 23-year-old Palestinian died in an Israeli jail saying it was looking into the circumstances of the death.
The prison service in a statement said the man from Nablus city in the occupied West Bank had died in prison of Meggido in the north of Israel.
The statement said without naming the prisoner said he was arrested in June 2022 and later sentenced to jail for security offences.
It said that the circumstances of his death will be examined.
The Palestinian Authority’s detainees commission also confirmed a prisoner had died but was unable to provide further information.
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According to the prison service the inmate was associated with Fatah, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s movement.
Israeli police last month said they have investigated 19 prison guards regarding the death of another Palestinian inmate following allegations of torture.
According to the official Palestinian media, 38-year-old Thaer Abu Assab, from Qalqilya in the West Bank, died after being beaten by Israeli prison guards in November.
IPS transformed into punitive force
The Public Committee against Torture in Israel has that the IPS (Israel Prison Service) is being transformed into a vindictive and punitive force.
Earlier, in October Israel’s prison service said that it had imposed new restrictions on Palestinian detainees.
According to the authorities the prisoners cannot leave their cells and would not be allowed visits. They are not permitted to buy food from the canteen, nor would they have power in their electrical outlets.
According to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, an advocacy group Israeli prisons are currently housing some 7,800 Palestinian detainees.
