Report: The Zionist enemy is spreading scabies among Palestinian prisoners as a form of retaliation

OCCUPIED PALESTINE, Sept. 04 (YPA) -The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS),  confirmed that the outbreak of scabies among prisoners in several prisons—specifically in “Negev, Megiddo, Nafha, and Ramon”—is a result of retaliatory measures imposed by Zionist prison administration on prisoners and detainees since October 7th. Among the infected are child prisoners in Megiddo Prison.

The two organizations explained in a joint statement that one of the factors contributing to the spread of scabies is lack of necessary quantities of cleaning materials, including those used to maintain personal hygiene, reducing the quantities of water and the periods available to the prisoner to shower, and withdrawing clothes from prisoners.

They confirmed that many detainees went out for visits sometimes after some time had passed since they were infected and that their bodies appeared disfigured from the disease, blood, and ulcers on their bodies due to severe itching.

The two organizations added that the biggest crime committed by the prison administration against detainees despite the spread of the disease is the deliberate transfer of those infected with contagious diseases from one section to another, which contributed to the increase in the number of infections, noting that among the infected are child prisoners, specifically in the children’s section in Megiddo Prison.

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