RAMALLAH: The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) today held the Israeli occupation prison administration fully responsible for the serious health condition of Farouk Ahmad Khatib, 30, from the town of Abu Shkheidem, northwest of Ramallah, who was released last night, two months before the end of his detention period, after spending four months in administrative detention.
The PPS said that, according to Khatib’s family, their son did not suffer from any chronic diseases before his arrest. He only suffered from a fast heartbeat, which resulted during his first arrest which lasted for four years, and he was released two months before his latest arrest.
It said that Khatib was severely beaten by Nahshon forces during his transfer from Ofer prison to the Ramleh, which led to this dangerous stage in his health.
Khatib was detained in Nafha prison in the Naqab desert after being transferred from Ofer prison, near Ramallah, before he was transferred to Ramleh prison clinic, and finally to Soroka Hospital where
he was released after he was diagnosed with advanced stomach cancer.
The PPS stressed that Khatib is not the only case of detainees released from occupation prisons in a serious and difficult health condition, accusing the Israel Prison Services of medical neglect of the prisoners.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA