Palestinian death toll in Israeli custody since October 2023 rises to 79

The General Authority of Civil Affairs notified the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society of the latest death of a prisoner in Israeli custody on Sunday.

This brings the number of identified Palestinian detainees who have died in Israeli prisons to 79 since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

The detainee was identified as 49-year-old Mahmoud Abdullah, from the Jenin refugee camp.

According to a joint statement by the prisoner rights groups, Abdullah’s health had severely deteriorated in detention since his arrest in early February. Despite medical tests confirming that he had advanced cancer, Israeli prison authorities reportedly refused to release him.