Palestinian prisoner institutions announced today, Sunday, the martyrdom of the administrative detainee Sakhr Ahmad Khalil Za'oul (26 years old), from the town of Husan west of Bethlehem city, inside the Israeli occupation's prisons.
The Prisoners' Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club confirmed his martyrdom, noting that this incident comes at a time when Israeli violations against Palestinian prisoners in prisons are increasing.
The prisoner Za'oul had been administratively detained since June 11, 2025, in Ofer Prison in the center of the occupied West Bank, and he is the second prisoner from Bethlehem Governorate to be martyred inside Israeli prisons during the past week after the martyrdom of the administrative detainee Abdul Rahman Al-Sabatin.
Since the outbreak of the Israeli genocide war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, the number of martyrs inside the occupation's prisons whose identities have been identified has risen to 86 martyrs, including 50 prisoners from the Gaza Strip.
The Prisoners' Media Office affiliated with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) held the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for Za'oul's martyrdom, calling for an independent international investigation into the crimes committed by the Israeli prison administration, especially the slow-motion execution policy practiced by the occupation against the prisoners.
The office demanded the disclosure of the fate of the missing prisoners, the handover of the martyrs' bodies, the accountability of the occupation's leaders, and the imposition of deterrent international sanctions to stop the crimes of the prisons.
Reports indicated that the number of Palestinian prisoners in the occupation's prisons exceeds 9,300 prisoners, including more than 50 female prisoners and 350 children. Israeli media also reported the martyrdom of 110 Palestinian prisoners inside prisons since the extremist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir took office.
Za'oul's martyrdom reflects the extent of the suffering faced by Palestinian prisoners in the absence of international oversight over the ongoing Israeli violations inside prisons, and increases the pressure on human rights institutions and the international community to hold Israel accountable for its crimes.
The Prisoners' Media Office affiliated with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) held the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for Za'oul's martyrdom, calling for an independent international investigation into the crimes committed by the Israeli prison administration, especially the slow-motion execution policy practiced by the occupation against the prisoners.
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The death of the Prisoner Sakhr Ahmad Khalil Za'oul Inside the Occupation's Prisons