Three Palestinian Detainees Abducted From Gaza Died in Israeli Jails Amid Torture Reports: What We Know by Quds Network

Occupied Palestine (QNN)- Three Palestinian detainees abducted from Gaza by Israeli forces during the genocide have died in Israeli jails, Palestinian prisoner advocacy groups confirmed on Tuesday, amid reports of torture and medical negligence.

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) issued a joint statement identifying the three detainees as Taysir Saeed al-Abd Sababa (60), Khamis Shukri Mar’i Ashour (44), and Khalil Ahmad Khalil Haniyeh (35).

Sababa, a father of nine, died on December 31 last year, two months after his arrest. Haniyeh, a father of four, died on December 25, almost a year after his arrest. The statement did not specify when Ashour, a father of six, died.

Their deaths bring the total number of Palestinians who have died in Israeli custody since October 7, 2023, to 84, including 50 from Gaza, the groups added. The noted that the period since October 2023 has seen an “unprecedented” rise in the “systematic crimes practised in [Israeli] prisons,” making it the “bloodiest in the history of the prisoner movement since 1967”. 

This brings the total number of Palestinians who have died in Israeli custody since 1967 to 321. However, they noted that the true figure is likely higher, as dozens of detainees abducted from Gaza are subjected to enforced disappearance.