Administrative detainee Moataz Mahmoud Abu Zneid died of medical negligence in Israeli prisons last night, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.
Thirty-five-year-old Abu Zneid was being held in Ramon prison when his health seriously deteriorated. However, the prison administration deliberately delayed transferring him to the hospital until he fell into a coma.
He was transferred to Soroka Hospital on 6 January and pronounced dead last night.
Abu Zneid, detained in June 2023, was not suffering from any health problems before his detention.
Since the start of the Israeli aggression in October 2023, 55 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli jails. This brings the total number of Palestinian prisoners who have died in Israeli custody since 1967 to 292.
Abu Zneid had been held in Israeli jails five times, and took part in hunger strikes on more than one occasion in protest against his administrative detention.
In response to his death, Hamas called on the international community, the United Nations and its institutions to work on protecting Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli occupation’s jails and to stop the horrific violations they face at the hands of the “extremist Zionist regime.”