Deliberate medical neglect of sick prisoners in Negev prison

The Commission of Prisoners' Affairs and Ex-Prisoners reported on Sunday that the Commission's lawyer met with a number of sick prisoners in the Negev prison to check on their health and detention conditions, as they have been facing extremely difficult conditions since the start of the war of extermination on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, which are increasing in severity day after day.

In this context, the lawyer visited the prisoner Ahmed Abu Mutawwa (27 years old) from the town of Tubas, who has been suffering from scabies for a whole year, while he did not receive any kind of treatment until two months ago, but he did not see any improvement, rather his health deteriorated even more, as boils spread all over his body. The prisoner also suffers from general weakness and inability to walk, and weak eyesight, which caused him to fall a month ago in the bathroom and break his nose, in addition to the fact that he has lost approximately thirty kilograms of weight so far due to malnutrition.

Note that Mutawa has been detained since 02/07/2002 and sentenced to 27 years in prison.

Meanwhile, prisoner Saleh Hamed (41 years old) from the town of Silwad/Ramallah, complains of discs and severe back pain. He also contracted scabies and recovered from it a short time ago.

While prisoner Bassam Salama from Nablus, who has been detained since 07/11/2024, has been suffering from scabies and a widespread outbreak of boils since 09/20/2024, two days before his lawyer's visit, they brought him treatment consisting of a pill and two ointments, and he feels better, but he has not recovered yet, as he has lost approximately twenty kilograms of weight so far due to malnutrition.

Prisoner Ghassan Sheikh Qassem, 26, from Nablus, complains of severe pain in his wisdom tooth, extending to his jaw. He has asked the prison administration to take him to the clinic or provide him with painkillers, but to no avail.

Prisoner Firas Dar Al-Hajj, from Aida camp in Bethlehem, is suffering from scaphoid fever, which causes severe itching and boils on his legs. He also needs special medication because he previously donated a kidney and has lost approximately twenty kilograms.