Palestinian detainee dies in Israeli prison

Palestinian detainee Tha'er Sameeh Abu Asab, 38, has died suddenly in a prison in the Negev region, according to the Palestinian Committee for Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs. 

Qadura Fares, head of the committee, confirmed the death in a phone call to Wafa news agency. 

Abu Asab, who is from the city of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank, had been detained by Israeli authorities since May 2005. 

The prisoners' committee said in a statement on Saturday night that Israel was carrying out "targeted assassinations against detainees with premeditation". 

The latest death brings the number of Palestinian detainees killed in Israeli prisons since 7 October to six.