PPS Warns of “Health Disaster” Among Palestinian Detainees in Israel’s Megiddo Prison - Quds News Network

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17-Year-Old Walid Khaled Abdullah Ahmad Dies in Notorious Israeli Prison

Seventeen-year-old Palestinian Walid Khaled Abdullah Ahmad has died in an Israeli prison. The group Defense for Children International says he is the first Palestinian child to die while detained by Israel. His family said he suffered from scabies and dysentery while locked up in Israel’s notorious Megiddo Prison, known for its abuse of Palestinian prisoners. Walid Khaled Abdullah Ahmad, who was from the occupied West Bank town of Silwad, had be…

PPS Warns of “Health Disaster” Among Palestinian Detainees in Israel’s Megiddo Prison - Quds News Network

Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) has warned of a “health disaster” among Palestinian detainees at Israel’s infamous Megiddo Prison due to the spread of contagious diseases. PPS said it had documented reports from detainees of outbreaks of scabies and other contagious diseases, stating that most of the detainees “suffer from health problems and face difficult and tragic detention conditions”. It acc…

Palestinian Prisoners: ‘There Will Be a Rebellion’

In Israel’s jails, Palestinian people — often held without trial — face murder, disease, sexual assault and some of the most extreme torture on earth. During the genocide in Gaza, these human rights abuses have reached an all-time high, a prisoners’ organisation leader says. Palestinian prisoners walk at the yard of Megiddo prison. (Credit: AFP via Getty Images) Of all the many aspects of Israeli apartheid, the system is exposed with the utmost…

Palestinian org denounces tortures and health crisis at Israeli jails

The organization warned in a statement about the complex living conditions the Palestinian prisoners suffer at the Megiddo, Ofer, and Damon detention centers, among others. It mentioned, as an example, the case of the Megiddo prison, where several infectious diseases, including scabies, have spread. Released detainees and lawyers who visited the jail noted that the severe health conditions also affected several children. The PPC underscored that…

The family has not been informed of the cause of death, and human rights defenders denounce the worsening conditions in Israeli prisons.