BETHLEHEM, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), Former Palestinian prisoner Khaled Al-Sayfi, from Bethlehem, died on Monday evening, just one week after being released from Israeli occupation prisons, following a sharp deterioration in his health condition.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), Al-Sayfi was released on January 25, 2026, from the Ramla prison clinic in extremely critical health, suffering from severe pulmonary fibrosis. He was unable to walk and required intensive medical care, which he did not receive while in captivity.
This was Al-Sayfi’s second arrest since the Israeli assault on Gaza began on October 7, 2023. In both cases, he was hospitalized under critical health conditions, reportedly due to mistreatment and neglect during detention.
The PPS emphasized in previous statements that release from Israeli prisons does not mean the end of the crimes committed against detainees. The physical and psychological deterioration of released prisoners stands as living evidence of the ongoing systematic abuse and neglect.
It added that the Israeli prison system has become a complete apparatus of torture, with released prisoners suffering various degrees of serious medical and psychological issues.
Some released prisoners arrived at hospitals with complex conditions requiring urgent surgery, while others suffered from broken bones and severe bruising due to beatings.
The PPS also pointed to widespread scabies (skin disease) infections among detainees, many of whom had to be placed in medical isolation and treated urgently.
These conditions expose the humanitarian catastrophe faced by prisoners and their families, with mounting evidence of systematic physical and psychological destruction by the Israeli prison system. The organization described the prisoners’ condition as a “slow execution” policy designed to break prisoners’ will and enforce repression.
