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An elderly Palestinian detainee from the Gaza Strip died in Israeli detention, bringing the death toll since October 2023 to 71, prisoners’ affairs groups said on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Habel, 70, breathed his last in the notorious Sde Teiman facility in southern Israel, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a joint statement. A father of 11, Abu Habel was detained by Israeli army forces on Nov. 12, 2024, at a military checkpoint in northern Gaza, the rights groups said. The statement did not provide details about the circumstances of his death, but many Palestinian prisoners have suffered abuses and assaults in Israeli custody. According to Palestinian figures, at least 71 Palestinian […]
