Cancer-stricken Palestinian prisoner, Kamal Abu Wa’er, 46, died today in Israeli detention following a sharp decline in his health condition and his exposure to medical neglect.

Abu Wa’er, from Qabatiya town in Jenin, suffered from throat cancer. He was taken prisoner in 2003 and sentenced to multiple life sentences for resisting the occupation.

Abu Wa’er was the first Palestinian prisoner in Israeli detention to have tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus), but later he recovered from the virus.

The death of Abu Wa’er brings the number of Palestinian prisoners who had died in Israeli jails since 1967 to 226.

 

Source: The Palestinian Information Center