A spokesperson for the Israel Jail Service advised AFP that Daqqa is at present at Shamir Medical Centre in central Israel.
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- A Palestinian serving time for the kidnapping and homicide of an Israeli soldier is significantly in poor health with most cancers.
- The Palestinian Prisoners’ Membership is looking for his launch.
- He is because of be launched in March 2025.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Membership pressed on Thursday for the discharge of a significantly in poor health detainee, held for many years by Israel.
Walid Daqqa, a Palestinian serving time for the kidnap and homicide of an Israeli soldier, has most cancers, the advocacy group stated.
“He’s now on synthetic air flow and his lungs and kidneys are in nice misery,” it stated in an announcement.
A spokesperson for the Israel Jail Service advised AFP that Daqqa is at present at Shamir Medical Centre in central Israel.
Daqqa identifies as Palestinian though he holds citizenship from Israel, which might think about him Arab-Israeli.
Palestinians gathered within the West Financial institution metropolis of Hebron on Thursday for a rally in solidarity with Daqqa and different Palestinians held by Israel.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Membership stated it delivered a letter to the Worldwide Committee of the Purple Cross (ICRC) in Hebron and close by Bethlehem, calling for the organisation to intervene in Daqqa’s case.
An ICRC spokesperson advised AFP it had acquired the letter and the organisation had beforehand visited Daqqa.
Daqqa, 61, was identified in December with a uncommon type of blood most cancers – myelofibrosis – the Palestinian Prisoners’ Membership stated.
The organisation stated he was additionally identified with leukaemia in 2015 and is at present because of be freed in March 2025.
Judicial authorities in Israel didn’t instantly reply to an AFP request relating to Daqqa’s appeals for early launch on medical grounds.
