The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) revealed new details about the death of detainee Muhammad Hussein Al-Aref:ref, 45, from Nour Shams Camp in Tulkarm, through a preliminary medical report provided to the family after the autopsy that took place on December 17, 2024, which confirms that Al-Aref was deliberately liquidated during investigation, showing that it was clear that there was a decision to kill him from the moment of his detention on November 28, 2024.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA, the two organizations explained in a joint statement today part of the details included in the report that indicate the presence of multiple signs confirming that the late detainee was subjected to a physical assault, and another injury resulting from the (excessive) use of restraints, in addition to blood clots in several parts of his body, and a clear injury confirming that he suffered a heart attack, and a pulmonary embolism, as well as a relatively large blood clot above the knee, and multiple signs of physical assault, which likely caused bleeding inside the skull.
They confirmed that the assassination and liquidation of Al-Aref is part of the record of systematic and ongoing crimes committed Israel against detainees in the Israeli occupation prisons and detention centers for decades, which primarily aim to deprive the detainees of their humanity, in addition to killing them, and which reached its peak since the beginning of the war of genocide against Palestinians.
The organizations also indicated that the level of torture since the beginning of the war of genocide has been the most severe and harshest in the testimonies and accounts of the detainees, as Al-Aref’s case is not the first case, noting that there are dozens of detainees who have died as a result of torture operations, in addition to medical crimes, starvation crimes, and assaults at various levels.