Israel cutting health care to freed Palestinian prisoners May 27, 2021 at 3:50 pm | Published in: Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine
Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian man in the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah on May 15, 2021 [EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images] May 27, 2021 at 3:50 pm
Israeli occupation authorities have cut basic health insurance benefits to freed prisoners and detainees held during its arrest campaigns in Damascus Gate and Sheikh Jarrah over the past month, Palestinian news sites have reported.
More than 15 freed prisoners from occupied East Jerusalem have had their health insurance cut under false pretexts. Many have also been deported and banned from the occupied city for periods of between one and two years.