KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)-- The international Tadamun (solidarity) society for human rights reported Wednesday that 27 Palestinian prisoners, sustaining deadly diseases, are lying in the Israeli Ramla prison hospital without receiving the necessary medical treatment.
In a report on the occasion of the Palestinian prisoner day, the society added that most of the patients in Israeli jails especially those who serve high sentences are pressured to confess in exchange for medication or medical treatment.
It said that five of the 27 patients in Ramla hospital suffer from unilateral paralysis as a result of gunshots fired at them by IOF troops.
The report pointed out that there are 550 prisoners in urgent need for surgeries and 170 others suffer from very serious diseases like cancer, kidney failure and heart problems in addition to 17 handicapped prisoners using wheelchairs and crutches.
In another context, Hamas spokesman Hammad Al-Raqab stated that his Movement made a commitment to work on liberating Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails at any cost.
In a symposium organized Wednesday by the society of Muslim young women in the cultural center on the occasion of prisoner day, Raqab stressed that the Palestinian prisoners gave the resistance leaders the authority to decide on their behalf despite all arbitrary actions and suffering they face in Israeli jails.
The spokesman noted that all attempts to downplay the feasibility of kidnapping Israeli soldiers are only made by defeated people who waived the rights of Palestinian prisoners to freedom.
Until now, the besieged Gaza Strip has stayed free of the novel coronavirus spreading across the world. As the Gaza Strip has been under a stringent Israeli-led blockade for nearly 13 years, the spread of the coronavirus - officially known as COVID-19 - has become the topic of discussion for many Palestinians, with some joking that the blockade was preventing them from being exposed.But as authorities in the coastal Palestinian enclave gear up to contain any potential outbreak, serious questions have arisen about the risks and implications of such a scenario. But given its already difficult humanitarian situation and high population density, an outbreak in the Gaza Strip could prove to be catastrophic, health officials have warned. "If the virus enters Gaza and spreads, it will get out of hand," Gaza Ministry of Health spokesperson Majdi Thuhair told Middle East Eye, as he explained that a severe shortage of resources and personnel would make it near impossible
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