Ramallah, July 30 (Petra) -- A Palestinian was reported dead in Israeli prisons on Wednesday, bringing the total number of Palestinian prisoners who died since October 7, 2023 to 75, including 46 from Gaza.

According to a statement issued jointly by the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Sail Abu Nasser, who was imprisoned since October 7, 2023, accusing the Israeli prison authorities of deliberately starving Palestinian and torturing them.

The statement explained that the deaths of prisoners were primarily the result of torture, amid the occupation's manipulation of information and continued withholding of bodies.

The organisations held Israel responsible for the death of Abu Nasser and demanded an international investigation and accountability for Israeli officials.

The number of prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons reached more than 10,800 as of early July, including 48 female prisoners, 440 children, more than 3,600 administrative detainees and 2,454 detainees from Gaza.

The total number of Palestinian prisoners who died in Israeli prisons since 1967 is 312, according to the statement.

//Petra// AK

30/07/2025 17:40:20