A Palestinian prisoner dies of bad health conditions
Tuesday July 31, 2007 17:27
by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

The Palestinian Prisoners society reported that a Palestinian political prisoner died in the clinic of an Israeli Jail on Tuesday afternoon.

The sources identified the prisoner as Shadi Al Su'edi, 27 from Al Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza strip. He was kidnapped by Israeli military forces from the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia were he works as a security officer in the Palestinian Authority. Reports state that the prisoner died from a severe infection in his lungs. Palestinian prisoners in Nafah detention camp, were Al Su'edi was being held, said that he died due to negligence from the Israeli guards operating the detention camp. Currently there are more that 12,000 Palestinian political prisoners held by the Israeli army in detention camps the majority of which has no charges against them.