At least 59 Palestinian detainees die in Israeli prisons: Rights group

At least 59 Palestinian detainees have died in Israeli prisons since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, a prisoners’ affairs group said on Tuesday.

The victims include 38 prisoners from the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a statement.

It accused the Israeli authorities of hiding the deaths of scores of Gazan prisoners in detention.

The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs said Monday that a Gazan prisoner, Musab Hani Haniyeh, died in Israeli custody.

Haniyeh, 35, from the southern city of Khan Younis, was arrested by the Israeli army on March 3, 2024. According to his family, Haniyeh was in good health before his detention.

According to Palestinian figures, at least 296 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli detention since Tel Aviv’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza in 1967.