GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Palestinian rights groups said on Wednesday that two prisoners from the Gaza Strip were martyred in Israeli jails
This came in a joint statement released by the Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affair, the Palestinian Prisoner Society, and Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association.
The martyred prisoners have been identified as Mohamed al-Asali and Ibrahim Ashour.
Mohamed al-Asali was kidnaped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) from Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City in March 2024. Later, his family received information that he was in Ashkelon prison before receiving another response to a request about his fate saying he died and then a response claiming that he was still in Ashkelon. The last response from the IOF affirmed that he died on May 17, 2024.
Asali, a father of four kids, did not suffer from any chronic health issues. During the war, all his brothers were martyred and only his father survived. His mother was buried in Ramallah after she passed away as she was having medical treatment in Occupied Jerusalem.
As for Ibrahim Ashour, he was kidnaped on February 14, 2024 from Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, south of Gaza. He also had no health problems before his detention.
The three organizations accused the Israeli occupation of deliberately killing Palestinian detainees and manipulating information about their fate.
The martyrdom of Asali and Ashour has brought to 58 the number of the Palestinian prisoners killed by Israel since its genocidal war on Gaza started in October 2023. 37 of those detainees are from the Gaza Strip.
