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Hamas warns of Israel’s 'deliberate' killing of Palestinian prisoners

Thursday, 06 March 2025 6:18 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 06 March 2025 6:18 PM ]

In this file picture, Palestinians are seen at an Israeli prison in the occupied territories. (Photo via social media)

Hams has warned of a "policy of slow and deliberate execution of Palestinian prisoners" in Israeli jails and the regime's complete disregard for all humanitarian values.

The warning in a statement issued on Thursday came after the death of Ali Ashour Ali al-Batsh, a resident of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, at Ktzi'ot Prison in the Negev desert.

The death is "the result of the extremist policies of the occupation government, which seeks to kill prisoners in its jails through severe violations and criminal practices", Hamas said.

“These include deliberate medical neglect, physical and psychological torture, solitary confinement, and deprivation of the most basic human rights,” it added.

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The movement warned against the continuation of Israel’s policy of targeting and physically liquidating prisoners, affirming that these practices will not succeed in deterring their determination and hope for near freedom.

It called on the walks of the Palestinian nation, as well as all humanitarian organizations to intensify efforts to support and back the prisoners, and to increase all forms of pressure in favor of their cause.

Earlier on Thursday, the Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) announced Batsh's death, saying it raised the number of Palestinian prisoners who have died in Israeli detention centers since the beginning of the war on Gaza to 62.

Deceased Palestinian prisoner Ali Ashour Ali al-Batsh (Photo via social media)

Last week, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates called for an international investigation into Israeli crimes against Palestinian prisoners.

The ministry said in a statement that it views with grave concern the increase in the number of Palestinian detainees, particularly from the Gaza Strip, who have died in Israeli custody.

The Palestinian foreign ministry called on international humanitarian and human rights organizations to swiftly intervene to protect Palestinian detainees, and oblige Israeli authorities to fulfill their responsibilities toward detainees.

It also stressed the need to enable the United Nations Commission of Inquiry to assume its tasks, and investigate these extrajudicial killings, committed against Palestinian detainees in a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions.

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