Today, Thursday, the Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs published details of the health status of a number of prisoners languishing in the Negev Prison, after the commission’s lawyer, Fadi Obeidat, visited them.

The lawyer stated that the prisoner, Ahmed Azmi Hanatshe (24 years), has been suffering from a chronic disease, which is blood clotting, since he was 17 years old, especially after the first arrest in which he spent 20 months.

He also complains of clots spread all over his body, and a problem with the nerves, which led to a lung problem. Until now, no examinations have been conducted on him, although he was being treated at Alia Hospital and Jordan Hospital, and he received a lung vaccination every four years.

The prisoner had also suffered a fracture in the finger of his left hand, during the explosion of fireworks in a celebration he participated in before his arrest, and he was supposed to undergo surgery, but he was arrested, and then transferred to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, where an X-ray was taken and the wound was replaced. .

Note that Hanatshe was arrested on 12/23/2022, and was transferred to administrative detention. This is the first extension of the prisoner for a period of six months, and ends on today 06/22/2023, and until this moment it is not known if it will be extended or not.

As for the prisoner, Ayman Ahmed Abu Arab (50 years), from Al-Amari camp / Ramallah, he suffers from a problem with the thyroid gland that affects him and makes him dizzy and persistent diarrhea, and he is not allowed to receive special treatment for that, despite his continuous demand for thyroid medication. From a previous injury to the right hand, he was supposed to undergo an operation on tendons and nerves, and medical reports were brought, but the prison clinic later informed him that there was no treatment for him.

It is reported that the prisoner was transferred to administrative detention under the pretext of having a secret file, and it was extended twice every six months, and the extension is supposed to expire on 06/28/2023, and there is no information about whether this extension is the last or not.

The prisoner, Issam Sami Sadouk (44 years), from Tulkarm, has been suffering from chronic colitis since 2012 and is receiving treatment. He had an endoscopy 14 days ago in Soroka Hospital, and he was informed of the need for an urgent CT scan.

Noting that Sadooq was arrested on 11/09/2002, and a 21-year prison sentence was issued against him.