22-year-old Palestinian dies in Israeli custody in occupied West Bank

A 22-year-old Palestinian man from a village south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank died in Israeli custody on Tuesday because of medical neglect, the office of Palestinian prisoners' affairs announced.

The news was first reported by the Wafa news agency. 

Ahmed Hatem Mohammed Khudairat had been held in administrative detention by Israel - meaning imprisoned without charge - since 23 May 2024. 

Khudairat had diabetes and was not afforded the necessary medication or nutrition, the prisoners' office said. He had recently lost a lot of weight and contracted scabies - a skin condition many held in Israeli prisons suffer from due to overcrowding and lack of hygiene. 

Since 7 October 2023, 78 Palestinians have died while in Israeli custody.

Since 1967 and the Israeli capture of the West Bank and Gaza, 315 Palestinians have died while in Israeli custody, the prisoners' office said.