Palestinian prisoner dies after severe health decline in Israeli jail
Published today (updated) 10/04/2015 14:20
Ex-prisoner Jaafar Awad after leaving Ofer detention center in
January 2015. (MaanImages)
January 2015. (MaanImages)
HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Former
prisoner Jaafar Ibrahim Awad, 22, died on Friday after developing health
complications while serving time in an Israeli jail, medics said.
Awad was released from Israeli custody three months ago after his health rapidly declined and was moved to an intensive care unit this week.
Doctors at al-Mizan hospital in Hebron pronounced him dead at 2:45 a.m. on Friday.
Awad suffered from severe pneumonia, heart problems, and thyroid and pancreas complications. Israeli authorities had agreed to release Awad only after the director of the Prisoners' Society's legal department submitted an appeal. He was released with a fine of 40,000 shekels ($10,200).
Ibrahim Awad, the prisoner's father, told PPS when he first saw his son after his release, "I was shocked by my son's health condition when I saw him; we could only use eye contact to communicate with him."
"This has been the most difficult visit for us as a family," Awad said at the time.
Awad was from Beit Ummar in northern Hebron, and spent a total of three years in Israeli jails, most recently detained in November 2013.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society in Hebron held the Israeli government responsible for his death. His funeral will take place after Friday prayers.
Awad was released from Israeli custody three months ago after his health rapidly declined and was moved to an intensive care unit this week.
Doctors at al-Mizan hospital in Hebron pronounced him dead at 2:45 a.m. on Friday.
Awad suffered from severe pneumonia, heart problems, and thyroid and pancreas complications. Israeli authorities had agreed to release Awad only after the director of the Prisoners' Society's legal department submitted an appeal. He was released with a fine of 40,000 shekels ($10,200).
Ibrahim Awad, the prisoner's father, told PPS when he first saw his son after his release, "I was shocked by my son's health condition when I saw him; we could only use eye contact to communicate with him."
"This has been the most difficult visit for us as a family," Awad said at the time.
Awad was from Beit Ummar in northern Hebron, and spent a total of three years in Israeli jails, most recently detained in November 2013.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society in Hebron held the Israeli government responsible for his death. His funeral will take place after Friday prayers.
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