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RAMALLAH, Jan 11 (KUNA) -- The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) announced on Sunday the death of Palestinian detainee Hamza Adwan, 67, from the Gaza Strip, while held in an Israeli occupation prison.
In a joint statement, the two institutions said they received an official response from the occupation army, confirming that Adwan died on September 9, without further details.
According to the statement, Adwan was detained at a military checkpoint in November 2024. He was detained despite suffering from serious health conditions, including heart disease, and requiring ongoing medical care.
The institutions stated that Adwan is among more than 100 Palestinian detainees who have died in Israeli occupation prisons since the start of the genocide, noting that the identities of 87 detainees have been confirmed. They attributed the deaths to torture, starvation, medical negligence, sexual abuse, and systematic executions.
They added that many detainees from Gaza remain forcibly disappeared, while images of bodies returned after the ceasefire provided clear evidence of field executions carried out by occupation forces.
With Adwan's death, the number of Palestinian prisoners whose identities have been confirmed as having died since the genocide rose to 87, including 51 from Gaza, bringing the total number of known Palestinian prisoner deaths since 1967 to 324.
The statement also warned that Israeli occupation authorities are seeking to legalize the execution of Palestinian prisoners, while the vast majority of detainees are currently held without charge or trial, either under arbitrary administrative detention or classified as so-called "unlawful combatants."
According to available data, the number of Palestinian prisoners held by the occupation exceeded 9,300 as of January, including 3,385 administrative detainees and 1,237 classified as "unlawful combatants," meaning most are detained without charges or judicial proceedings. (end)
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