Tragic conditions of Palestinian prisoners

TEHRAN (defapress) - Dr. Abu Salmiya is a prominent Palestinian pediatrician who assumed the position of medical director of Al-Nasser Hospital in 2007, then took over the management of Al-Rantisi Hospital in 2015, later became director of the Al-Shifa Hospital in 2019 until his arrest on November 23, 2023. He was arrested by the Zionist regime and after nearly eight months of detention, along with several medical personnel who were arrested by the occupation from hospitals in the Gaza Strip.

According to the report of one of the Arabic media, the Israeli army released about 50 prisoners who arrived east of the Al-Qarara area in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday morning.

Dr. Abu Salmiya during an interview after his release, gave details about his arrest, the conditions of Israeli prisons and detention centers, and what the prisoners suffer inside them.

He described the prisoners’ conditions as “tragic, unprecedented in Palestinian history, with severe food shortages and physical humiliation.”

“Older prisoners are suffering greatly, including those who spent more than 20 years in prisons, and they must be released,” he added.

He stressed the urgent need for decisive action to release all prisoners from Israeli prisons.

As Dr. Abu Salmiya describes the tragic condition of the Palestinian prisoners, the importance and vitality of Hamas's emphasis on releasing them from jail, is revealed.

Since the Oct. 7 operation, one of the main demands of Hamas is releasing the Palestinians from the Zionist regime's jails. The Palestinian resistance group insisted on their demands and did not move a step back. Even in the terrible conditions in Gaza, Hamas, and their warriors fight for the liberty of all Palestinians.