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Israel digs crocodile trenches at prison holding Palestinians
Tel Aviv: Israeli authorities have started digging trenches at Ketziot Prison in the Negev Desert as part of a controversial project to construct crocodile-filled canals around a high-security wing holding Palestinian security…
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Maher Younis, among longest-serving Palestinian prisoners, dies at 68
Former Palestinian prisoner Maher Abdul Latif Younis, one of the longest-serving Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, died early on Sunday, July 5, at the age of 68, nearly three and a half…
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Israel moves Gaza hospital director to solitary confinement
Jerusalem: Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, has been moved from a detention centre in the Negev, Israel, to solitary confinement in Nafha prison. Abu…
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Detained Gaza flotilla activist Thiago Avila’s mother dies during imprisonment
Teresa Regina de Avila e Silva, the mother of detained Brazilian Gaza flotilla activist Thiago Avila, has passed away in Brasilia while her son remains in Israeli custody after being seized in…
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Palestinian journalist gang raped, tortured with dog at Sde Teiman: Report
Nearly five months after the horrific gang rape of Palestinian prisoners by Israeli soldiers at Sde Teiman detention centre, a new report has revealed that a journalist among the victims was subjected…
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Cancer-stricken Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqah dies in Israeli prison
A 62-year-old cancer-stricken Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqah has died in Israel’s Shamir Medical Center, formerly Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, in southeast of Tel Aviv. This came after he spent 38 years in prison in…
