The Gaza Strips health ministry has condemned the death of a Palestinian surgeon in an Israeli jail, calling for an urgent investigation into the occupying regime’s latest crime.
Walid Daqqa, 62-year-old Palestinian activist and novelist who spent 38 years in Israeli jails and battled cancer, dies of medical negligence and custodial torture.
Palestinians with relatives in Israeli prisons have been deprived of visiting rights during the Israel-Hamas war, opting instead to send messages to loved ones on a radio programme.Israeli group the Association for Civil Rights in Israel had called on judges to visit prisons where Palestinians are held to inspect their conditions.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected any concessions to Hamas on Tuesday amid international pressure for a temporary cease-fire to allow for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip and to address a dire humanitarian crisis. Netanyahu rejected releasing more Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails or withdrawing the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) from…