Maan News Agency | April 19, 2013 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Seventeen Palestinians were injured with rubber coated steel bullets in clashes in Beit Ummar village near Hebron, a local official said. A spokesman of the popular committee against the wall and settlements told Ma’an that the injured are aged between 15 and 22, and one […]
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Ministry: Al-Taj stable but may need surgery
Maan News Agency | April 18, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Mohammad al-Taj, who Israel freed on Thursday, is in a stable condition but may require dangerous surgery, a Palestinian Authority Health Ministry official said. Israel released al-Taj, who had carried out two long-term hunger strikes, on health grounds. He was transferred to intensive care at […]
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Israel medics endanger Palestinian prisoners’ lives: Rights group
Palestinians demonstrate in support of hunger strikers in Israeli prisons on April 09, 2013. PressTV | Thu Apr 11, 2013 9:33PM GMT According to Palestinian sources, over 4,500 Palestinian prisoners are held in Israeli prisons, many of them without charge or trial, and are subject to human rights violations such as the use of torture […]
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Al-Khuffash: Captives in Israeli jails exposed to slow death
[ 31/03/2013 – 08:50 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Fuad Al-Khuffash, director of Ahrar Center for Prisoners’ Studies and human rights, stressed that the sick prisoners in Israeli jails are exposed to slow death, due to the continuation of the policy of medical neglect against them. Khuffash’s statements came during his speech about the serious health […]
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Over 1000 prisoners with serious illnesses – Suffering medical neglect by Israel as well
[ PIC 31/03/2013 – 09:39 PM ] OSLO, (PIC)– More than one thousand Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails are suffering from serious illnesses such as heart, cancer, and kidney failure, a human rights report said on Saturday. The European network for the defense of Palestinian prisoners UFree has condemned in its report the inhuman […]
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26 year old epileptic prisoner Samer Oweisat in serious condition | @PHR_IL @Ufreenetwork @ICRC @UNOCHA
[ PIC 26/03/2013 – 09:43 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The ministry of prisoners and ex-prisoners in Ramallah has warned that the health condition of a detained Jerusalemite youth was seriously deteriorating. It said that Samer Oweisat, 26, was suffering from epilepsy and his condition constitutes danger on his life. Lawyer Fadi Obeidat said in a […]
Continue readingMedical error was about to kill the prisoner Mouqda
[ PIC 21/02/2013 – 08:34 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The sick prisoner Mansour Mohammed Mouqda, sentenced to life imprisonment, stated that a doctor in Ramla prison hospital was about to kill him as a result of medical error. The doctor did not record a note in the prisoner’s medical file that “a bullet is still […]
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IPS refuses to hospitalize Palestinian prisoner despite bad health | @PHR_IL @ICRC @Ufreenetwork @WHO
[ PIC 11/02/2013 – 09:11 PM ] TOBAS, (PIC)– Jawad Bulous, a lawyer, has charged the Israeli prison service (IPS) with deliberately ignoring the bad health condition of prisoner Mohammed Al-Taj. The lawyer said in a press release on Monday that the health condition of Taj, who is serving a 16-year sentence, was worsening and […]
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More Than 600 Medications Missing In Gaza
Tuesday January 08, 2013 06:15 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported that more than 602 types of medications and medical supplies are not found in Gaza, including several types of essential medications such as heart medications and medications used by patients who suffer from […]
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OIC warns of crisis in Gaza due to shortage of medicines
[ PIC 22/12/2012 – 04:00 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has warned of the collapse of Gaza’s health sector which continues to suffer shortages of two-thirds of medicines in hospitals and medical centers in the Strip. The Organization said, in its monthly report monitoring the humanitarian situation in the Gaza […]
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Prisoner Mutassim Raddad in poor shape because of bowel cancer
[ PIC 10/12/2012 – 05:36 PM ] TULKAREM, (PIC)– The prisoner committee of the national and Islamic forces said Palestinian prisoner Mutassim Raddad, 28, suffers from very serious health problems and acute intestinal bleeding. The prisoner committee added in a press release on Monday that Raddad, in detention since 2006, was admitted to the Ramla […]
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ICRC warns of shortage in medicine as Israeli aggression continued
[ PIC 21/11/2012 – 07:16 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The International Committee of the Red Cross has expressed concern at a possible medicine shortage in Gaza due to the continuing Israeli aggression for the 8th day running. Patrick Gueissaz, head of the ICRC’s sub-delegation in Gaza, said in a press statement on Wednesday that the […]
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Detained Palestinian journalist in serious health condition in Israeli jail
[ PIC 04/11/2012 – 08:14 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Palestinian journalists syndicate in Ramallah has expressed utmost concern at the health conditions of journalists held in Israeli occupation jails. It mentioned in particular syndicate member Mohammed Al-Taj who is living with the help of a ventilator with no proper medical attention granted to his […]
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