The death of Palestinian prisoner Nasser Abu Hamid as a result of deliberate negligence in the occupation detention centers

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Today, the Palestinian prisoner, Nasser Abu Hamid, who suffers from cancer, was martyred as a result of the policy of deliberate medical negligence practiced by the Israeli occupation authorities against the prisoners.

Palestinian media quoted the Palestinian Prisoners Club as saying in a statement today: The occupation killed Abu Hamid, 50, as part of the course of the occupation’s long policy of slow killing and deliberate procrastination in following up Abu Hamid’s health condition and his late diagnosis of cancer, despite the serious symptoms that were apparent on him while he was languishing. In Ashkelon prison.

The club pointed out that with the martyrdom of Abu Hamid, the number of martyrs in captivity has risen to 233 since 1967, of whom 74 were martyred as a result of deliberate medical negligence.

In the will that was reported by the media after his martyrdom, Abu Hamid said: “I am going to the end of the road reassured and confident that I will leave behind a great people who will not forget my cause and the issue of the prisoners. by meeting them.”

The occupation authorities are holding the body of the martyr Abu Hamid and have not yet handed him over to his family, which made it clear in a statement that she is mourning her dear son as a martyr with raised vows, noting that the martyr’s soul is free today, but his body remained captive to the brutal occupation and mourning will continue until the body of their son and with him is freed. All the bodies of the martyrs detained by the occupation.

In a statement, the Palestinian Prime Minister, Muhammad Shtayyeh, mourned the martyr Abu Hamid and said: “The prisoner leader, Nasser Abu Hamid, was martyred as a result of the policy of deliberate medical negligence that the occupation authorities pursued against the prisoners. For the dignity and freedom of his people and his homeland.

Shtayyeh called on the Red Cross and international and human rights institutions to speed up the intervention in order to release sick prisoners, the elderly, female prisoners and children from the occupation detention centers.

The Palestinian Fatah movement mourned the martyr Abu Hamid, who joined the movement since his early youth, and was one of its most prominent field leaders in the first and second intifadas and inside the occupation prisons, stressing that the Palestinians will continue the struggle until all national rights are restored, foremost of which is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.

And the Palestinian national forces announced the comprehensive strike today in the cities and towns of the West Bank, to mourn the soul of the martyr Abu Hamid, and to condemn the continuing crimes of the occupation against the Palestinian people.

Yesterday, Abu Hamid entered a coma in the “Ramla” prison, after a severe deterioration in his health, and a large spread of cancer cells throughout his body and damage to his lungs. to take him to the hospital and release him.

And the prisoner Nasser Abu Hamid, born in 1972 from Al-Amari camp in Ramallah, and one of the symbols of the Palestinian national action resisting the occupation, as he was arrested more than once as a thirteen-year-old child, and in 1990 he was ambushed by the occupation, in which he was seriously injured, and in April 2002 He was arrested by the occupation forces in Qalandia camp in occupied Jerusalem, and has been detained since that time until now.

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