Palestinians Died After 38 Years Of Stabbing In Israeli Prisons

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JAKARTA - Palestinian, Walid Daqqa (62), died on Sunday (7/4), after 38 years in Israeli prison.

Leaders and prisoners of Walid Daqqa, who suffered from cancer, were martyred at Assaf Harofeh Hospital (near Tel Aviv), said the Prisoners and Former Prisoners and Palestinian Prisoners Commission in a joint statement reported by ANTARA from Anadolu, Monday, April 8.

Daqqa's death was linked to a deliberate medical negligence policy carried out by Israeli prison administration against sick prisoners.

Daqqa comes from Baqa al-Gharbiyye, a city located in Israel--on the border with the occupied West Bank.

He has been jailed since 1986 on charges of kidnapping and killing an Israeli soldier in 1984.

Daqqa is one of the oldest Palestinians in Israeli prisons.

Israel has detained at least 9,100 Palestinians. The condition of the detainees has reportedly worsened since the war in the Gaza Strip began on October 7 last year, according to a Palestinian organization that cares about prisoners.

Israel has launched a deadly military offensive on the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by Palestinian fighters, Hamas.

In the attack, about 1,200 Palestinians were killed.

As a result of Israeli retaliation, mass destruction, and lack of basic needs, nearly 33,200 Palestinians were killed and 75,900 injured.

Israel has also imposed a blockade crippling the Gaza Strip, causing its residents - especially residents of northern Gaza - to be on the verge of starvation.