The released prisoner, Moatasem Taleb Daoud Raddad (43 years old), from the town of Saida, north of Tulkarm, who was deported to Cairo, died this evening, Thursday, in an Egyptian hospital, after a struggle with cancer that he contracted in the occupation’s prisons.

The Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club stated that the released detainee and deportee, Raddad, is one of the most difficult medical cases to face, having faced complex medical crimes over the course of his nearly 20 years of detention in Israeli occupation prisons.

Raddad was released during the ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip last February, and was among those deported to Egypt. Upon his release, he was transferred to an Egyptian hospital for treatment, but his health had deteriorated significantly, leading to his death.

Raddad was arrested in 2006 and sentenced to 20 years in prison, during which he suffered from difficult health conditions. He sustained shrapnel injuries during his detention, and his health deteriorated as a result of medical negligence, leading to chronic and serious illnesses, including acute intestinal inflammation and chronic bleeding, in addition to high blood pressure, shortness of breath, irregular heartbeat, and severe back and joint pain.

Despite his deteriorating health, Raddad suffered from medical neglect inside the occupation's prisons. He was regularly transferred from Ofer Prison to the Ramle Prison Clinic for treatment, but the conditions of the transfer and the poor treatment he was subjected to during the transfer exacerbated his suffering.

A year ago today, a released prisoner sent a message from Radad while he was in prison, in which he said: “I feel inside that I am the next martyr inside the occupation’s prisons. My condition is deteriorating daily. During the past months, I have suffered from continuous fainting spells, my intestines bleed daily, my heartbeat is irregular, and my blood pressure is constantly high. I also suffer from shortness of breath, and I almost suffocate without help. This is in addition to the severe pain I suffer from in my back and joints. I also have great difficulty sleeping, and the only words I receive from the jailers are that you are dead here. Our suffering as patients in prisons is unimaginable in any way. We are dying daily. We are detained in cells and surrounded by hunger, thirst, oppression, abuse, and torture, and we are deprived of the most basic conditions of health care.”