Israel refuses to return the body of Palestinian Walid Daqqa, who died of cancer after 38 years in prison

The authorities of Israel They refuse to return the body of a Palestinian prisoner and intellectual who died of cancer on April 7 after 38 years in prison, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported on Thursday.

The prisoner, Walid Daqqa, was sentenced to life in prison for the death of an Israeli soldier. He suffered from advanced bone marrow cancer, urgently needing a transplant, but Israel would not allow him to be transferred to a specialized hospital or spend any remaining time with his family.

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Israel’s National Security Minister, far-right settler Itamar Ben Gvir, told Israeli public broadcaster Kan that the reason for withholding Daqqa’s body was to avoid possible clashes at his funeral.

During his long detention, the Palestinian wrote several books, studies and articles about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.

The Israel Prison Service (IPS) denied Walid Daqqa access to a bone marrow transplant that could have saved his life, after not allowing him admission to a civilian hospital, Amnesty International reported in August 2023, which even then he demanded his release for health reasons. .

Source: Elcomercio

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