Sixth Palestinian prisoner assassinated in “Israeli” prison since Oct.7

OCCUPIED PALESTINE, Nov. 19 (YPA) – The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Committee has confirmed Saturday the death of another political prisoner in an Israeli prison, bringing the number of detainees who died in captivity since October 7 to six.

The Committee stated that Thaer Samih Abu Assab (38 years old) from Qarawat Bani Hassan town, northwest of Salfit in the central West Bank, had died in an Israeli occupation prison.

“The occupation assassinated prisoner Thaer Samih Abu Assab (38 years old) from Qalqilya Governorate in the Negev Desert Prison. He has been detained since May 27, 2005 and sentenced to 25 years in prison. He is… “The sixth martyr prisoner after the seventh of last October,” the committed and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said in a joint statement,

The Committee held all countries that support this illegal and immoral Israeli occupation and oppression of Palestine responsible for the ongoing crimes, especially the continuing genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, for failing to act and end this illegal occupation and ethnic cleansing.

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