The Association of Palestinian Prisoners has announced that a Palestinian doctor has attained a high degree of martyrdom after four months of detention in a prison in Israel. Dr. Adnan Albarsh, who is 50 years old, is the director of the orthopedic department of Shafa hospital in Gaza.
Meanwhile, the Israel Prisons Organization confirmed that the statement made on April 19 about a prisoner who was arrested for national security reasons and was previously in Ofer prison in the past was related to Dr. Albarsh.
No details have been provided about the cause of his death but the Prisons Affairs Organization said that this incident is under investigation.
But the institutions defending the rights of Palestinian prisoners in a joint statement, they said that the martyrdom of Dr. Albarsh was an “assassination” and that his body is still in Israel’s possession.
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur regarding the human rights situation in the West Bank and Gaza, he said that the news of the death of Dr. Albrash is a very serious wake-up call for him andbThe diplomatic community demanded concrete measures to protect the Palestinians.
