Palestinian detainee attacked by Israeli soldiers

Thursday September 13, 2007 16:54 by Najeeb Farraj - IMEMC News

Palestinian detainee, Hasan Salamah, sustained injuries when has attacked by five Israeli soldiers. The soldiers, guards at the solitary confinement wing of the Ishel detention facility at Beer Sheva, beat him severely as he was being taken to the prison clinic to be checked by a doctor. His attackers used their feet and batons on Salamah who sustained severe bruising to his back and chest causing him breathing difficulties.

Salamah is one of the founders of the armed wing of Hamas. He has been imprisoned for ten years having been sentenced to 45 life terms.

Hamas issued a statement accusing the prison's administration of deliberately worsening the conditions in which Salamah and the other detainees are being held. In it, Hamas demanded that international organizations, including the Red Cross, intervene to prevent the Israelis from continuing with their policy of causing the 'slow death' detainees.

Translated by Manar Jibrin

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