Prisoner may lose leg through Israeli medical negligence

Palestinian prisoner may lose leg through Israeli medical negligence

July 5, 20120 comments

Palestinian Information Centre
05/07/2012

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli jailers transferred Palestinian prisoner Noor Jaber to hospital in serious condition on Thursday after he fainted, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Association said.

Amjad Al-Najjar, the chairman of the association, said that Jaber, who is serving 17 life sentences, was injured in his leg on his arrest ten years ago. He explained that Israeli interrogators soon after his arrest put salt on his injuries and hit him on his wounded leg, as well as using the “stapler” on his body for more than 50 times.

Najjar said that the interrogators were punishing Jaber for his role in planning an Islamic Jihad attack in Al-Khalil that killed a military commander of the Al-Khalil area and 16 soldiers.

Najjar said that Jaber tabled dozens of requests with the Israeli prison authority to treat his leg but to no avail, adding that the Ramle prison clinic told him that his leg has to be amputated to prevent further deterioration in his health.

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