Hawzah News Agency-The committee’s chairman, Issa Qaraqe, said that Yasser Hamdouni’s death is a “heinous crime” and the direct result of Israel’s medical negligence.

He noted that despite his illness, Hamdouni was denied medical examinations and was only given painkillers by prison authorities. He had been suffering from recurrent shortness of breath, heart problems as well as agonizing pains in his left ear.

The 40-year-old, a resident of the occupied northern West Bank city of Jenin, suffered a stroke on Sunday morning and was pronounced dead upon arrival at a medical center in the city of Beersheba.

Following the announcement of his death, all Palestinian inmates held in Israeli prisons have started a three-day hunger strike.

Human rights groups say at least 207 Palestinians have lost their lives in Israeli prisons and detention centers, of whom 55 died as a result of medical negligence.

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