Palestine demands the Red Cross to intervene to protect detainees in Israeli prisons.

On Friday, Palestine called on the International Committee of the Red Cross to intervene to protect Palestinian detainees in the occupation's prisons. This came in a letter addressed by Ibrahim Khreishi, the permanent observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, to the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric Egger.

Khreishi urged the International Committee to take immediate action to protect the lives of Palestinian detainees, who are subjected to torture, starvation, and mistreatment in the occupation's cells. He condemned the occupation's policy that has led to the deterioration of the health and humanitarian condition of leader Marwan Barghouti, who continues to spend years in solitary confinement.

Khreishi pointed out that these violations are part of a systematic policy targeting the Palestinian people and their leadership, holding the occupation fully responsible for the safety of the detainees. He also called for the immediate release of the most vulnerable groups, including the sick, the elderly, women, and children.

Khreishi condemned the assault carried out by the extremist Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir, who stormed Barghouti's cell and threatened him with death, considering this a serious crime that requires urgent international intervention.

Khreishi noted that the fate of Marwan Barghouti and all Palestinian detainees depends on immediate international action, calling on the International Committee of the Red Cross and the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions to fulfill their responsibilities.

This request comes amid escalating provocative policies by Minister Ben Gvir, during which the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in the occupation's prisons have significantly deteriorated since he took office. Reports have shown a significant decrease in the weights of prisoners due to the harsh policies imposed in the prisons.

Marwan Barghouti, considered one of the most prominent leaders of the Palestinian prisoner movement, has been detained since 2002 and is sentenced to five life sentences. He was arrested by the occupation forces in April 2002 and was sentenced to life imprisonment five times and 40 years.

Life imprisonment in the occupation is indefinite, as Tel Aviv follows a policy of holding the bodies of prisoners even after their deaths inside the prisons. These policies reflect the ongoing violations of human rights against Palestinian detainees.