Bethlehem – Ma’an – The Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club announced the martyrdom of prisoner Muhammad Munir Musa (37 years old) from Bethlehem, in Soroka Hospital the day before yesterday, Friday, according to what the Civil Affairs Authority was informed by the occupation.

The Commission and the Club said in a joint statement today, Sunday, that prisoner Musa has been detained by the Israeli occupation authorities since April 20, 2023. This is his first arrest, as he was held, according to the available information, in (Ramon) prison, and he is still detained. He is married and the father of three girls.

The Commission and the Club said, “Prisoner Musa did not suffer from any chronic health problems before his arrest, and there is not enough information available about the circumstances of his martyrdom. However, we confirm that the systematic crimes of the occupation, including torture crimes, medical crimes, and starvation crimes, were the main reasons for the
martyrdom of (40) prisoners and detainees after October 7. They are the martyrs whose identities and data are known to the relevant institutions and those whose identities have been announced. In addition to them is the martyr Musa, who was announced today, bringing the number of martyred prisoners and detainees after October 7 to (41).

The Authority and the Club continued, “Since the beginning of the war of extermination, the Israeli occupation has committed systematic crimes – unprecedented in their level and intensity historically, and continues to practice these crimes on an instant basis in its prisons and camps with the aim of killing and liquidating prisoners by political orders from the highest echelons of the occupation system, and one of the faces of this system is the fascist minister (Ben Gvir), who continues to carry out crimes against prisoners and brags about them in front of the camera lenses, and even documents them for publication with the aim of satisfying the desire for revenge in Israeli
society, inciting the killing of prisoners, and targeting the Palestinian prisoner in the collective consciousness of struggle.”

The Authority and the Club pointed out that the continuation of the occupation system’s crimes, which have reached their peak since the beginning of the war of extermination, will inevitably lead to the martyrdom of more prisoners, in light of the terrifying global state of helplessness in the face of the crimes of extermination and comprehensive aggression against our people, which takes on a more dangerous meaning for human society with the passage of more time and the rise of more martyrs.

The Authority and the Club added that this crime is added to the record of crimes committed by the occupation for decades until today’s war of extermination.

The Authority and the Club stated that more than ten thousand and one hundred prisoners and detainees in the occupation prisons, in addition to hundreds of Gaza detainees in the army camps, are facing horrific and terrifying crimes that
affect their lives around the clock, within the framework of the war of extermination that takes several forms, including aggression against prisoners.

The Prisoners’ Affairs Authority and the Prisoners’ Club held the occupation fully responsible for the martyrdom of prisoner Moss. The two institutions called on international human rights institutions that have historically been incapable of facing the crimes and brutality of the occupation, which reached its peak with the continuation of the war of extermination, to restore their necessary and real role and to establish their will to hold the leaders of the occupation accountable for their crimes and put an end to them, which affect all of humanity.

It is worth noting that the number of martyrs arrested after the date of October 7, announced as we confirmed above, rose to (41), including (24) from Gaza, in addition to dozens of martyrs from Gaza detainees, whose identities the occupation continues to conceal, and this number of martyrs is the highest histo
rically compared to previous years in which many prisoners were killed.

With the martyrdom of prisoner Musa, the number of martyrs of the prisoner movement whose identities are known has risen since 1967 until today to (278).

Source: Maan News Agency