23 feb 2012
Since 1967; 198 Palestinian political prisoners have been killed by the IOF while in detention;
70 as a result of torture at the hands of Israeli Shabak and Israeli Prison Authority (IPA), 71 killed in cold blood after being arrested, 50 as a result of medical negligence by the IPA and 7 being shot dead inside prisons by the Israeli prison authorities.
1 Ahmad Mohammad Salamah Al-Neweri, from Nuseirat RC, Gaza, killed on 08.06.1967 after arrest
2 Khalil Kamil Husein Syam, from Nuseirat RC, Gaza, killed on 08.06.1967 after arrest
3 Zaki Hashim Mohammad Syam, from Nuseirat RC, Gaza, killed on 08.06.1967 after arrest
4 Yousif Al-Jabali, from Nablus, killed on 04.01.1968 as a result of torture in Nablus prison
5 Khalil Salamah Qreinat Al-Rashaideh, from Bethlehem, killed on 28.04.1968 due to medical negligence
6 Mustafa Mohammad Hafith Harb, from Gaza, killed on 02.07.1968 due to torture
7 Fathi Abdel Fattah Al-Natsheh, from Hebron, killed on 28.07.1968 due to torture in Sarfand prison
8 Younis Mubarak Hussein Abu Sbeitan, from Deir Al-Balah, Gaza, killed on 11.10.1968 due to torture in Sarfand prison
9 Qasem Ahmad Al-Ja’bari, from Hebron, killed on 27.05.1969 after being thrown from a military helicopter after his arrest
10 Qasem Abdallah Abu 'Aker, from Beit Hanina, Jerusalem, killed on 23.03.1969 due to torture in Jerusalem detention centre
11 Ahmad Msalam Abu 'Amerah, from Gaza, killed on 15.08.1969 due to torture in Gaza prison
12 Mohammad Khreizat, from South Lebanon, killed on 14.10.1969 was executed 2 days after his arrest
13 Qasem Abu Khadra, from Akka, killed on 04.11.1969 due to torture
14 Awn Said Hussein Al-'Ar’er, from Gaza, killed on 10.03.1970 due to torture in Majdal prison
15 Ahmad Khamis Ahmad Abu Dayyah, from Jabalia RC, Gaza, killed on 30.03.1970 executed upon arrest
16 Yousif Mohammad Mustafa I’seleh, from Jabalia RC, Gaza, killed on 30.03.1970 executed upon arrest
17 Ahmad 'Afaneh, from Jabalia RC, Gaza, killed on 30.03.1970 executed upon arrest
18 Abdel Qader Jabir Ahmad Abu Al-Fahim, from Jabalia, Gaza, killed on 11.05.1970 due to medical negligence after his participation in Askalan hunger strike
19 Haris Ali Abu Hayyeh, from Deir Al-Balah, Gaza, killed on 21.07.1970 executed after arrest
20 Othman Badawi Othman Al-Bahsh, from Nablus, killed on 28.08.1970 due torture in Nablus prison
21 Ali Ibrahim Ahmad Abu Sultan, from Nuseirat RC, Gaza, killed on 01.10.1970, executed after arrest
22 Samih Said Abu Hasaballah, from Nuseirat RC, Gaza, killed on 12.10.1970, executed after arrest
23 Deib Mousa Nasif Shtayyeh, from Salfit, killed on 25.10.1970 due to torture
24 Hashim Ibrahim Hashim Karim, from Ash-Shati’ RC, Gaza, killed on 24.12.1970, due to torture in Ramleh prison
25 Salim Al-Haj Mahmoud Hasan Safi, from Dura, Hebron, killed on 06.01.1971 due to torture in Hebron prison
26 Mustafa Mohammad I’qel Al-Darabee’, from Dura, Hebron, killed on 22.02.1971 due to torture in Beir Al-Sabi’ prison
27 Muhyi Al-Din Sleiman Al-'Uri, from Ramallah, killed on 02.03.1971 due to torture in Ramallah prison
28 Al-Haj Ramadan 'Ashour Al-Banna, from Jerusalem, killed on 18.06.1971 due to medical negligence in Ramleh prison
29 Mohammad Hassan Mahmoud Wishah, from Bureij RC, Gaza, killed on 01.09.1971 due to torture in Gaza prison
30 Hasan Ibrahim Mahmoud Abu Rukba, from Jabalia RC, Gaza, killed on 21.09.1971 executed upon arrest
31 Hasan As-Sawarkeh, from Al-'Arish, killed on 27.03.1972 due to tortur in Askalan prison
32 Isa Mutlaq Abdel Hamid, from Qabalan, killed on 09.06.1972 due to torture
33 Mustafa Al-Awawdeh, from Hebron, killed on 27.07.1972 due to torture in Hebron prison
34 Nasr-AlDin Fahmi Mohammad Al-Shakhshir, from Nablus, killed on 02.05.1973 due to torture in Askalan prison
35 Farez Husni As’ad Tashtoush, from Nablus, killed on 27.09.1973 due to torture in Nablus prison
36 Omar Shalabi, from Syria, killed on 22.10.1973 due to torture in Askalan prison
37 Salim Mohammad Mustafa Abu Sitta, from Khan Younis, Gaza, killed on 13.10.1974 due to torture in Gaza prison
38 Omar Ahmad Awad-Allah, from Jabalia RC, Gaza, killed on 20.01.1975 due to medical negligence in Askalan prison
39 Jamil Diab Ali Barakat, from Rafah, Gaza, killed on 25.10.1975 due to torture
40 Fouad Mohammad Salameh Hmeid, from Jabalia RC, Gaza, killed on 19.01.1976 due to torture in Ashqelon prison
41 Ahmad Deeb Ahmad Dahdoul, from Salfit, killed on 21.03.1976 due to torture
42 Mohammad Yousif Al-Khawaja, from Nilin, Ramallah, killed on 02.06.1976 due to torture & executed in Ramallah prison
43 Omran Ridwan Qrei’ Abu Khalaf, from Hebron, killed on 05.06.1976 due to medical negligence in Hebron prison
44 Khadir Isa Nimir Hilani, from Ramallah, killed on 14.06.1976 executed in Nablus prison
45 'Ajaj Yasin Jabir 'Alawneh, from Jab’, killed on 16.10.1976 due to medical negligence in Jenin prison
46 Nassar Sweilem Al-Hweitat, from Jordan, killed on 02.08.1977 due to medical negligence in Ramleh prison
47 Farid Hafith Ghannam, from Jab’, killed on 28.05.1978 due to medical negligence in Nablus prison
48 Yousif Ahmad Hasan Karim, from Khan Younis, Gaza, killed on 13.07.1978 due to torture in Gaza prison
49 Nasir Al-Heb, from Syria, killed on 16.07.1978 due to torture in Ramleh prison
50 Said Abu Sitteh, from Khan Younis, Gaza, killed on 18.01.1979 due to torture in Gaza prison
51 Idris Ibrahim Mohammad Nofal, from Gaza, killed on 21.08.1979 due to medical negligence in Gaza prison
52 Rasim Mohammad Halaweh, from Jabalia, Gaza, killed on 20.07.1980 due to medical negligence during Nafha hunger strike
53 Ali Shihadeh Mohammad Al-Ja’fari, from Dheisheh RC, Bethlehem, killed on 20.07.1980 due to medical negligence during Nafha hunger strike
54 Anis Mahmoud Dawleh, from Qalqilia, killed on 31.08.1980 due to medical negligence in Ashqelon prison
55 Faiz Abdel Fattah Mohammad Al-Tarayrah, from Bani N’em, Hebron, killed on 25.01.1981 due to torture
56 Salah Mohammad Ali Abbas, from Iraq, killed on 29.09.1981 due to medical negligence in Ashqelon prison
57 Ali Ibrahim Al-Shatrit, from Halhoul, Hebron, killed on 17.10.1981 due to medical negligence in Ashqelon prison
58 Salameh Mohammad Sleiman Al-Hasouni, from Si’eer, Hebron, killed on 22.11.1981 due to torture
59 Salim Ahmad Yahia Abu Sbeih, from Hebron, killed on 07.04.1982 due to medical negligence in Jneid prison
60 Yacoub Mohammad Dababeesh, from Gaza, killed on 28.10.1982 due to torture in Ashqelon prison
61 Hamzah Omar Othman Abu Sh’eb, from Jama’een, killed on 25.02.1983 due to torture in Tulkarem prison
62 Michael Lazaro, from Greece, killed on 12.03.1983 due to medical negligence in Ramleh prison
63 Khalil Ibrahim Abu Khadijah, from Ramallah, killed on 05.04.1983 due to torture in Ramallah prison
64 Ishaq Mousa Al-Maragha, from Silwan, Jerusalem, killed on 16.11.1983 due to medical negligence in Beir As-Sabi’ prison
65 Bilal Jamil Hamdan Al-Najjar Al-Burini, from Burin, Nablus, killed on 28.03.1984 executed after arrest
66 Jamal Mahmoud Qabalan, from Khan Younis, Gaza, killed on 13.04.1984 executed after arrest
67 Mohammad Abu Jami’, from Khan Younis, Gaza, killed on 13.04.1984 executed after arrest
68 Mahmoud Arabi Freitikh, from Nablus, killed on 16.04.1985 due to torture in Jneid prison
69 Mahmoud Salim Rabah Najajrah, from Nahhalen, Bethlehem, killed on 23.09.1985 due to medical negligence
70 Ghassan Ishaq Yousif Al-Lahham, from Dheisheh RC, Bethlehem, killed on 02.10.1985 due to torture in Ramleh prison
71 Tariq Al-Hindi, from Jerusalem, killed on 02.02.1986 due to torture in Ashqelon prison
72 Tariq Yasin Hashim Al-Hammouri, from Hebron, killed on 03.04.1987 due to torture in Jneid prison
73 Awwad Abdel Salam Hamdan, from Tulkarim, killed on 22.07.1987 due to torture
74 Khadir Ilyas Fouad At-Tarazi, from Gaza, killed on 09.02.1988 due to torture
75 Qandil Kamil Abdel Rahman 'Ilwan, from Jabalia, Gaza, killed on 24.02.1988 due to medical negligence in Ashqelon prison
76 Ibrahim Mahmoud Al-Ra’i, from Qalqilia, killed on 11.04.1988 tortured & executed in Ramleh prison
77 Iyad Mohammad 'Aqil, from Bureij RC, Gaza, killed on 02.08.1988 due to torture
78 Nabil Mustafa Jamil Ibdah, from Beit Hanina, Jerusalem, killed on 10.08.1988 due to torture in Maskubiyyeh prison
79 Hani Deib Salim Ash-Shami, from Jabalia RC, Gaza, killed on 11.08.1988 due to torture
80 Ata Yousif Ahmad Ayyad, from Thahriyyeh, Hebron, killed on 14.08.1988 due to medical negligence
81 As’ad Jabra Zaki Ash-Shawwa, from Gaza, killed on 16.08.1988, executed in Ansar
82 Bassam Ibrahim Ali Al-Samoudi, from Yamoun, killed on 16.08.1988, executed in Ansar
83 Mohammad Mousa Mohammad Hammad, from Silwad, Ramallah, killed on 24.08.1988 due to medical negligence in Kfar Yona prison
84 Abdel Min’im Abdallah Hasan Kolk, from Khan Younis, Gaza, killed on 14.10.1988 due to medical negligence in Ramleh prison
85 Ibrahim Yasir Al-Mutawwar, from Hebron, killed on 21.10.1988 due to torture
86 Nidal Zuhdi Omar Deib, from Ramallah, killed on 08.02.1989, executed in Megiddo prison
87 Mahmoud Yousif 'Ilyan Al-Masri, from Rafah, killed on 07.03.1989 due to torture in Gaza prison
88 Omar Mahmoud Al-Qasem, from Jerusalem, killed on 04.06.1989 due to medical negligence in Ashqelon prison
89 Mohammad Salih Hasan Ar-Rifi, from Gaza, killed on 10.08.1989 due to medical negligence in Ansar
90 Abdallah Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Mahruqa, from Deir Al-Balah, Gaza, killed on 12.09.1989, executed in Ansar
91 Jamal Mohammad Abdel Mu’ti Abu Sharkh, from Ash-Shati’ RC, Gaza, killed on 03.12.1989 due to torture in Gaza prison
92 Khalid Kamil Ash-Sheikh Ali, from Gaza, killed on 12.12.1989 due to torture in Gaza prison
93 Badir Mohammad Said Qaradeh, from Nablus, killed on 18.12.1989, executed upon arrest
94 Ra’iq Hussein Mousa Sleiman, from Ramin, killed on 13.02.1990 due to medical negligence in Megiddo prison
95 Sabri Mansour Abdallah Abed Rabbo, from Al-Jeeb, killed on 07.07.1990, executed in Ofer prison
96 Husam Salim Hani Qar’an, from Qalqilia, killed on 28.08.1990 due to torture in Ansar
97 Abdallah Yousif 'Alawneh, from Jenin, killed on 11.11.1990 due to torture
98 'Atiyah Abdel 'Ati Az-Za’aneen, from Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed on 13.11.1990 due to torture in Gaza prison
99 Ali Hasan Abdel-Halim Ash-Shahid, from Tulkarim, killed on 08.06.1991 due torture
100 Sami Nu’man Sleiman Zu’rub, from Khan Younis, Gaza, killed on 22.08.1991 due to torture in Gaza prison
101 Jasir Ahmad Said Abu Rmeileh , from Tulkarim, killed on 20.10.1991 due to medical negligence in Jneid prison
102 Mousa Abdel Rahman, from Nouba, killed on 18.01.1992, executed in prison
103 Mustafa Abdallah Al-Akkawi, from Jerusalem, killed on 04.02.1992 due to torture in Hebron prison
104 Ahmad Ibrahim Barakat, from Nablus, killed on 05.05.1992 due to torture in Ansar
105 Samir Omar Khamir Omar, from Ash-Shati’ RC, Gaza, killed on 31.05.1992 due to torture
106 Mohammad Sleiman Hussein Breis, from Khan Younis RC, Gaza, killed on 29.06.1992 due to torture in Ramleh prison
107 Hazim Mohammad Abdel Rahim Eid, from Al-Am’ari’ RC, Ramallah, killed on 09.07.1992 due to torture in Hebron prison
108 Mustafa Mahmoud Mustafa Barakat, from 'Anabta, killed on 04.08.1992 due to torture in Tulkarem prison
109 Hussein As’ad Ubeidat, from Jerusalem, killed on 04.10.1992 due to medical negligence during Ashqelon hunger strike
110 Ayman Ibrahim Barhoum, from Rafah, Gaza, killed on 27.01.1993 due to torture in Ansar 3
111 Samir Mohammad Khamis Salameh, from Rafah, Gaza, killed on 15.02.1993 due to torture in Beir As-Sabi’
112 Ayman Said Husein Nassar, from Deir Al-Balah, Gaza, killed on 02.04.1993 due to torture in Gaza prison
113 Mohammad Salameh Al-Jundi, from Al-'Arroub, Hebron, killed on 10.05.1993 due to torture in Hebron prison
114 Yahia Abdel Latif Ali An-Natour, from Tulkarim, killed on 10.09.1993 due to medical negligence in Jneid prison
115 Ahmad 'Adel Hasan Ismail, from An-Naqourah, killed on 07.10.1993 due to medical negligence in Nablus prison
116 Abdel Samad Salman Hreizat, from Yatta, Hebron, killed on 25.04.1995 due to torture in Maskubiyyeh prison
117 Ma’zouz Ahmad Mohammad Dalah, from Nablus, killed on 25.04.1995 due to torture
118 Walid Abdel Rahim Al-Sruji, from Tulkarim, killed on 04.03.1996 due to torture
119 Majid Abdallah Daghlas, from Burqin, Nablus, killed on 29.06.1996 due to torture
120 Riyadh Mahmoud Hammoudeh 'Idwan, from Rafah, Gaza, killed on 12.01.1997 due to medical negligence in Beir As-Sabi’ prison
121 Khalid Ali 'Ayish Abu Dayyeh, from Bethlehem, killed on 21.05.1997 due to torture in Maskubiyye
122 Nidal Zakariya Abu Srour, from Aida RC, Bethlehem, killed on 29.01.1998 due to torture in Maskubiyye
123 Yousif Diab Al-'Ar’eer, from Gaza, killed on 20.06.1998 due to medical negligence in Ramleh prison
124 Ibrahim Mohammad Al-Barad’ah, from Sourif, Hebron, killed on 21.11.2000, executed upon arrest
125 Mohammad Yousif Al-Mughrabi, from Dheisheh RC, Bethlehem, killed on 10.12.2000, executed upon arrest
126 Mohammad Khalil Mohammad Ad-Dahhameen, from Hebron, killed on 12.04.2001 due to medical negligence in Megiddo prison
127 Hasan Said Ahmad Abu Sha’ira, from Azza RC, Bethlehem, killed on 14.06.2001, executed after arrest
128 Mahmoud Mousa Sleiman Khalil, from Jenin, killed on 01.07.2001, executed after arrest
129 Jamal Deif Allah Hasan Thalji, from Jenin, killed on 01.07.2001, executed after arrest
130 Mustafa Yousif Mohammad Yasin, from Jenin, killed on 23.07.2001, executed after arrest
131 Ali Ibrahim Al-Joulani, from Jerusalem, killed on 05.06.2001, executed after arrest
132 Hisham Mousa Abu Jamous, from Rafah, Gaza, killed on 25.08.2001, executed after arrest
133 Sufian Ahmad Al-'Arda, from 'Arrabah, Jenin, killed on 12.09.2001, executed after arrest
134 Tha’ir Muhsin Al-Mahdawi, from Al-Far’a RC, Nablus, killed on 14.09.2001, executed after arrest
135 Jamal Hasan Khadir Abu Mallouh, from Deir Istia, Salfit, killed on 06.11.2001, executed after arrest
136 Iyad Odeh Mohammad Al-Khatib, from Deir Istia, Salfit, killed on 06.11.2001, executed after arrest
137 Ali Ibrahim Abu Hajleh, from Deir Istia, Salfit, killed on 06.11.2001, executed after arrest
138 Isa Khalil Mohammad Dababseh, from Yatta, Hebron, killed on 07.11.2001, executed after arrest
139 Midhat 'Azo Abu Dalal, from Nuseirat RC, Gaza, killed on 18.11.2001, executed after arrest
140 Mohammad Ibrahim Hussein, from Gaza, killed on 18.11.2001, executed after arrest
141 Yousif Khalid As-Surkaji, from Nablus, killed on 22.01.2002, executed after arrest
142 Jasir As’ad Samaro, from Nablus, killed on 22.01.2002, executed after arrest
143 Nasim Shafiq Abu Al-Rus, from Nablus, killed on 22.01.2002, executed after arrest
144 Karim Munir Mafarjeh, from Ramallah, killed on 22.11.2002, executed after arrest
145 Nassar Hasan Abu Salim, from Rantis, Ramallah, killed on 26.01.2002, executed after arrest
146 Tariq Hasan Mohammad Al-Hindawi, from Gaza, killed on 12.02.2002, executed after arrest
147 Anwar Awni Mustafa Abdel Ghani, from Tulkarim, killed on 15.02.2002, executed after arrest
148 Abdel Ghani Abdel Rahman Abu Daggah, from Gaza, killed on 08.03.2002, executed after arrest
194 Mahmoud Said Salah, from Jerusalem, killed on 08.03.2002, executed after arrest
150 Basim Mohammad Abu Shihadeh, from Gaza, killed on 24.03.2002, executed after arrest
151 Khalid Fathi Awad Allah, from Jericho, killed on 29.03.2002, executed after arrest
152 Ismail Ibrahim Zeid, from Beit Anan, Jerusalem, killed on 29.03.2002, executed after arrest
153 Said Mohammad Mahdi, from Gaza, killed on 29.03.2002, executed after arrest
154 Abdel Rahman Taqfiq Abdallah, from Nablus, killed on 29.03.2002, executed after arrest
155 Omar Mohammad Mousa, from Jericho, killed on 08.03.2002, executed after arrest
156 Ahmad Fathi Mahmoud 'Ajjaj, from Seida, Tulkarim, killed on 30.03.2002, executed after arrest
157 'Azmi 'Adel Mahmoud 'Ajjaj, from Seida, Tulkarim, killed on 30.03.2002, executed after arrest
158 Baha’ Khalid Ash-Sharqawi, from Az-Zababdeh, Jenin, killed on 02.04.2002, executed after arrest
159 Hazim Ahmad Reihan Qabha, from Ya’bad, Jenin, killed on 14.04.2002, executed after arrest
160 Ahmad Hussein Abdel Salam Jawabreh, from Arroub RC, Hebron, killed on 28.05.2002 due to medical negligence in Megiddo prison
161 Ala’ Khadriyyeh, from Nablus, killed on 27.10.2002, executed after arrest
162 Yasin Said Al-Agha, from Khan Younis, Gaza, killed on 10.12.2002, executed after arrest
163 Jadallah Mousa Shoukeh, from Bethlehem, killed on 13.12.2002, tortured & executed after arrest
164 Ibrahim Talib Abu Hawwash, from Nablus, killed on 25.12.2002, tortured & executed after arrest
165 Omran Abdel Ghani Gheith, from Hebron, killed on 30.12.2002, tortured & executed after arrest
166 Faiz Sabri Jabir, from Tulkarim RC, killed on 31.12.2002, executed after arrest
167 Walid Mohammad 'Amre, from Dura, Hebron, killed on 19.02.2003 due medical negligence in Nafha prison
168 Mohammad Ahmad Al-'Is’is, from Bethlehem, killed on 06.03.2003, executed after arrest
169 Jasir Jabir Hasaneen, from Khan Younis, Gaza, killed on 10.06.2003, executed after arrest
170 Ahmad Khamis 'Atiyyah, from Qalqilia, killed on 22.11.2003, executed after arrest
171 Bashir Mohammad Ahmad 'Iweis, from Balata RC, Nablus, killed on 08.12.2003 due to medical negligence in Megiddo prison
172 Abdel 'Afo Mustafa Al-Qassas, from Nablus, killed on 06.01.2004, executed after arrest
173 Fawwaz Said Mohammad Al-Bulbul, from Tulkarim, killed on 16.09.2004 due to medical negligence in Megiddo prison
174 Falah Hasan Masharqa, from Nur Shams RC, Tulkarim, killed on 23.09.2004, tortured & executed after arrest
175 Mohammad Hasab Abu Hadwan, from Jerusalem, killed on 04.11.2004 due to medical negligence
176 Mahmoud Abdel Rahman Kmeil, from Jenin, killed on 03.12.2004, executed after arrest
177 Salah Omar Sheikh Al’eid, from Rafah, Gaza, killed on 10.12.2004, executed after arrest
178 Rasim Sleiman Abu Gharra Ghneimat, from Kufr Malik, Ramallah, killed on 27.01.2005 due to medical negligence in Megiddo prison
179 Abdel Fattah Yousif Mahmoud Raddad, from Sida, Tulkarim, killed on 05.05.2005 due to medical negligence
180 Ali Mohammad Tawfiq Abu Al-Rub, from Jenin, killed on 15.06.2005 due to torture
181 Bashar 'Arif Abdel Wali Bani Odeh, from Tammoun, Jenin, killed on 23.06.2005 due to medical negligence in Jalbou’ prison
182 Jawad 'Adel Abdel Aziz Abu Maghseb, from Deir Al-Balah, Gaza, killed on 28.07.2005 due to medical negligence in Naqab
183 Sleiman Mohammad Mahmoud Darayja, from Taybeh, killed on 26.04.2006 due to medical negligence in Hasharon prison
184 Mazin Hani Shabat, from Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed on 05.11.2006, executed after released at a checkpoint
185 Salim Rajih Abu Al-Haija, from Al-Yamoun, Jenin, killed on 09.11.2006, executed after arrest
186 Mahmoud Rajih Zaki Abu Hasan, from Al-Yamoun, Jenin, killed on 09.11.2006, executed after arrest
187 Jamal Hasan Abdallah As-Sarrahen, from Beit Ola, Hebron, killed on 16.01.2007 due to medical negligence in Ansar in Naqab
188 Wa’il Yousif Al-Qarrawi, from At-Turi, Jerusalem, killed on 09.03.2007 due to tortured
189 Maher Ata Mustafa Dandan, from Balata RC, Nablus, killed on 09.06.2007 due to medical negligence in Jalbou’ prison
190 Shadi Said As-Sa’aydeh, from Maghazi RC, Gaza, killed on 31.07.2007 due to medical negligence in Nafha prison
191 Omar 'Ayed Salman Mallouh Al-Masalmeh, from Beit Awwa, Hebron, killed on 25.08.2007 due to medical negligence in Ramleh prison
192 Mohammad Safi Al-Ashqar, from Sida, Tulkarem, killed on 22.10.2007, executed by Israeli prison authority
193 Fadi Abdel Latif Abu Al-Rub, from Qabatia, Jenin, killed on 28.12.2007 due to medical negligence in Jalbou’ prison
194 Fawwaz Awni Freihat, from Al-Yamoun, Jenin, killed on 07.01.2008, executed after arrest
195 Fadil Odeh Atiyah Shahin, from Gaza, killed on 29.02.2008 due to medical negligence in Beir As-Sabi’ prison
196 Jum’a Ismail Mousa, from Jerusalem, killed on 24.12.2008 due to medical negligence in Ramleh prison
197 Obeideh Mahir Abdel Mu’ti Ad-Dweik, from Hebron, killed on 13.09.2009, executed after arrest
198 Ra’id Mahmoud Ahmad Abu Hammad, from Izariyyeh, Jerusalem killed on 16.04.2010 due to medical negligence.
70 as a result of torture at the hands of Israeli Shabak and Israeli Prison Authority (IPA), 71 killed in cold blood after being arrested, 50 as a result of medical negligence by the IPA and 7 being shot dead inside prisons by the Israeli prison authorities.
1 Ahmad Mohammad Salamah Al-Neweri, from Nuseirat RC, Gaza, killed on 08.06.1967 after arrest
2 Khalil Kamil Husein Syam, from Nuseirat RC, Gaza, killed on 08.06.1967 after arrest
3 Zaki Hashim Mohammad Syam, from Nuseirat RC, Gaza, killed on 08.06.1967 after arrest
4 Yousif Al-Jabali, from Nablus, killed on 04.01.1968 as a result of torture in Nablus prison
5 Khalil Salamah Qreinat Al-Rashaideh, from Bethlehem, killed on 28.04.1968 due to medical negligence
6 Mustafa Mohammad Hafith Harb, from Gaza, killed on 02.07.1968 due to torture
7 Fathi Abdel Fattah Al-Natsheh, from Hebron, killed on 28.07.1968 due to torture in Sarfand prison
8 Younis Mubarak Hussein Abu Sbeitan, from Deir Al-Balah, Gaza, killed on 11.10.1968 due to torture in Sarfand prison
9 Qasem Ahmad Al-Ja’bari, from Hebron, killed on 27.05.1969 after being thrown from a military helicopter after his arrest
10 Qasem Abdallah Abu 'Aker, from Beit Hanina, Jerusalem, killed on 23.03.1969 due to torture in Jerusalem detention centre
11 Ahmad Msalam Abu 'Amerah, from Gaza, killed on 15.08.1969 due to torture in Gaza prison
12 Mohammad Khreizat, from South Lebanon, killed on 14.10.1969 was executed 2 days after his arrest
13 Qasem Abu Khadra, from Akka, killed on 04.11.1969 due to torture
14 Awn Said Hussein Al-'Ar’er, from Gaza, killed on 10.03.1970 due to torture in Majdal prison
15 Ahmad Khamis Ahmad Abu Dayyah, from Jabalia RC, Gaza, killed on 30.03.1970 executed upon arrest
16 Yousif Mohammad Mustafa I’seleh, from Jabalia RC, Gaza, killed on 30.03.1970 executed upon arrest
17 Ahmad 'Afaneh, from Jabalia RC, Gaza, killed on 30.03.1970 executed upon arrest
18 Abdel Qader Jabir Ahmad Abu Al-Fahim, from Jabalia, Gaza, killed on 11.05.1970 due to medical negligence after his participation in Askalan hunger strike
19 Haris Ali Abu Hayyeh, from Deir Al-Balah, Gaza, killed on 21.07.1970 executed after arrest
20 Othman Badawi Othman Al-Bahsh, from Nablus, killed on 28.08.1970 due torture in Nablus prison
21 Ali Ibrahim Ahmad Abu Sultan, from Nuseirat RC, Gaza, killed on 01.10.1970, executed after arrest
22 Samih Said Abu Hasaballah, from Nuseirat RC, Gaza, killed on 12.10.1970, executed after arrest
23 Deib Mousa Nasif Shtayyeh, from Salfit, killed on 25.10.1970 due to torture
24 Hashim Ibrahim Hashim Karim, from Ash-Shati’ RC, Gaza, killed on 24.12.1970, due to torture in Ramleh prison
25 Salim Al-Haj Mahmoud Hasan Safi, from Dura, Hebron, killed on 06.01.1971 due to torture in Hebron prison
26 Mustafa Mohammad I’qel Al-Darabee’, from Dura, Hebron, killed on 22.02.1971 due to torture in Beir Al-Sabi’ prison
27 Muhyi Al-Din Sleiman Al-'Uri, from Ramallah, killed on 02.03.1971 due to torture in Ramallah prison
28 Al-Haj Ramadan 'Ashour Al-Banna, from Jerusalem, killed on 18.06.1971 due to medical negligence in Ramleh prison
29 Mohammad Hassan Mahmoud Wishah, from Bureij RC, Gaza, killed on 01.09.1971 due to torture in Gaza prison
30 Hasan Ibrahim Mahmoud Abu Rukba, from Jabalia RC, Gaza, killed on 21.09.1971 executed upon arrest
31 Hasan As-Sawarkeh, from Al-'Arish, killed on 27.03.1972 due to tortur in Askalan prison
32 Isa Mutlaq Abdel Hamid, from Qabalan, killed on 09.06.1972 due to torture
33 Mustafa Al-Awawdeh, from Hebron, killed on 27.07.1972 due to torture in Hebron prison
34 Nasr-AlDin Fahmi Mohammad Al-Shakhshir, from Nablus, killed on 02.05.1973 due to torture in Askalan prison
35 Farez Husni As’ad Tashtoush, from Nablus, killed on 27.09.1973 due to torture in Nablus prison
36 Omar Shalabi, from Syria, killed on 22.10.1973 due to torture in Askalan prison
37 Salim Mohammad Mustafa Abu Sitta, from Khan Younis, Gaza, killed on 13.10.1974 due to torture in Gaza prison
38 Omar Ahmad Awad-Allah, from Jabalia RC, Gaza, killed on 20.01.1975 due to medical negligence in Askalan prison
39 Jamil Diab Ali Barakat, from Rafah, Gaza, killed on 25.10.1975 due to torture
40 Fouad Mohammad Salameh Hmeid, from Jabalia RC, Gaza, killed on 19.01.1976 due to torture in Ashqelon prison
41 Ahmad Deeb Ahmad Dahdoul, from Salfit, killed on 21.03.1976 due to torture
42 Mohammad Yousif Al-Khawaja, from Nilin, Ramallah, killed on 02.06.1976 due to torture & executed in Ramallah prison
43 Omran Ridwan Qrei’ Abu Khalaf, from Hebron, killed on 05.06.1976 due to medical negligence in Hebron prison
44 Khadir Isa Nimir Hilani, from Ramallah, killed on 14.06.1976 executed in Nablus prison
45 'Ajaj Yasin Jabir 'Alawneh, from Jab’, killed on 16.10.1976 due to medical negligence in Jenin prison
46 Nassar Sweilem Al-Hweitat, from Jordan, killed on 02.08.1977 due to medical negligence in Ramleh prison
47 Farid Hafith Ghannam, from Jab’, killed on 28.05.1978 due to medical negligence in Nablus prison
48 Yousif Ahmad Hasan Karim, from Khan Younis, Gaza, killed on 13.07.1978 due to torture in Gaza prison
49 Nasir Al-Heb, from Syria, killed on 16.07.1978 due to torture in Ramleh prison
50 Said Abu Sitteh, from Khan Younis, Gaza, killed on 18.01.1979 due to torture in Gaza prison
51 Idris Ibrahim Mohammad Nofal, from Gaza, killed on 21.08.1979 due to medical negligence in Gaza prison
52 Rasim Mohammad Halaweh, from Jabalia, Gaza, killed on 20.07.1980 due to medical negligence during Nafha hunger strike
53 Ali Shihadeh Mohammad Al-Ja’fari, from Dheisheh RC, Bethlehem, killed on 20.07.1980 due to medical negligence during Nafha hunger strike
54 Anis Mahmoud Dawleh, from Qalqilia, killed on 31.08.1980 due to medical negligence in Ashqelon prison
55 Faiz Abdel Fattah Mohammad Al-Tarayrah, from Bani N’em, Hebron, killed on 25.01.1981 due to torture
56 Salah Mohammad Ali Abbas, from Iraq, killed on 29.09.1981 due to medical negligence in Ashqelon prison
57 Ali Ibrahim Al-Shatrit, from Halhoul, Hebron, killed on 17.10.1981 due to medical negligence in Ashqelon prison
58 Salameh Mohammad Sleiman Al-Hasouni, from Si’eer, Hebron, killed on 22.11.1981 due to torture
59 Salim Ahmad Yahia Abu Sbeih, from Hebron, killed on 07.04.1982 due to medical negligence in Jneid prison
60 Yacoub Mohammad Dababeesh, from Gaza, killed on 28.10.1982 due to torture in Ashqelon prison
61 Hamzah Omar Othman Abu Sh’eb, from Jama’een, killed on 25.02.1983 due to torture in Tulkarem prison
62 Michael Lazaro, from Greece, killed on 12.03.1983 due to medical negligence in Ramleh prison
63 Khalil Ibrahim Abu Khadijah, from Ramallah, killed on 05.04.1983 due to torture in Ramallah prison
64 Ishaq Mousa Al-Maragha, from Silwan, Jerusalem, killed on 16.11.1983 due to medical negligence in Beir As-Sabi’ prison
65 Bilal Jamil Hamdan Al-Najjar Al-Burini, from Burin, Nablus, killed on 28.03.1984 executed after arrest
66 Jamal Mahmoud Qabalan, from Khan Younis, Gaza, killed on 13.04.1984 executed after arrest
67 Mohammad Abu Jami’, from Khan Younis, Gaza, killed on 13.04.1984 executed after arrest
68 Mahmoud Arabi Freitikh, from Nablus, killed on 16.04.1985 due to torture in Jneid prison
69 Mahmoud Salim Rabah Najajrah, from Nahhalen, Bethlehem, killed on 23.09.1985 due to medical negligence
70 Ghassan Ishaq Yousif Al-Lahham, from Dheisheh RC, Bethlehem, killed on 02.10.1985 due to torture in Ramleh prison
71 Tariq Al-Hindi, from Jerusalem, killed on 02.02.1986 due to torture in Ashqelon prison
72 Tariq Yasin Hashim Al-Hammouri, from Hebron, killed on 03.04.1987 due to torture in Jneid prison
73 Awwad Abdel Salam Hamdan, from Tulkarim, killed on 22.07.1987 due to torture
74 Khadir Ilyas Fouad At-Tarazi, from Gaza, killed on 09.02.1988 due to torture
75 Qandil Kamil Abdel Rahman 'Ilwan, from Jabalia, Gaza, killed on 24.02.1988 due to medical negligence in Ashqelon prison
76 Ibrahim Mahmoud Al-Ra’i, from Qalqilia, killed on 11.04.1988 tortured & executed in Ramleh prison
77 Iyad Mohammad 'Aqil, from Bureij RC, Gaza, killed on 02.08.1988 due to torture
78 Nabil Mustafa Jamil Ibdah, from Beit Hanina, Jerusalem, killed on 10.08.1988 due to torture in Maskubiyyeh prison
79 Hani Deib Salim Ash-Shami, from Jabalia RC, Gaza, killed on 11.08.1988 due to torture
80 Ata Yousif Ahmad Ayyad, from Thahriyyeh, Hebron, killed on 14.08.1988 due to medical negligence
81 As’ad Jabra Zaki Ash-Shawwa, from Gaza, killed on 16.08.1988, executed in Ansar
82 Bassam Ibrahim Ali Al-Samoudi, from Yamoun, killed on 16.08.1988, executed in Ansar
83 Mohammad Mousa Mohammad Hammad, from Silwad, Ramallah, killed on 24.08.1988 due to medical negligence in Kfar Yona prison
84 Abdel Min’im Abdallah Hasan Kolk, from Khan Younis, Gaza, killed on 14.10.1988 due to medical negligence in Ramleh prison
85 Ibrahim Yasir Al-Mutawwar, from Hebron, killed on 21.10.1988 due to torture
86 Nidal Zuhdi Omar Deib, from Ramallah, killed on 08.02.1989, executed in Megiddo prison
87 Mahmoud Yousif 'Ilyan Al-Masri, from Rafah, killed on 07.03.1989 due to torture in Gaza prison
88 Omar Mahmoud Al-Qasem, from Jerusalem, killed on 04.06.1989 due to medical negligence in Ashqelon prison
89 Mohammad Salih Hasan Ar-Rifi, from Gaza, killed on 10.08.1989 due to medical negligence in Ansar
90 Abdallah Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Mahruqa, from Deir Al-Balah, Gaza, killed on 12.09.1989, executed in Ansar
91 Jamal Mohammad Abdel Mu’ti Abu Sharkh, from Ash-Shati’ RC, Gaza, killed on 03.12.1989 due to torture in Gaza prison
92 Khalid Kamil Ash-Sheikh Ali, from Gaza, killed on 12.12.1989 due to torture in Gaza prison
93 Badir Mohammad Said Qaradeh, from Nablus, killed on 18.12.1989, executed upon arrest
94 Ra’iq Hussein Mousa Sleiman, from Ramin, killed on 13.02.1990 due to medical negligence in Megiddo prison
95 Sabri Mansour Abdallah Abed Rabbo, from Al-Jeeb, killed on 07.07.1990, executed in Ofer prison
96 Husam Salim Hani Qar’an, from Qalqilia, killed on 28.08.1990 due to torture in Ansar
97 Abdallah Yousif 'Alawneh, from Jenin, killed on 11.11.1990 due to torture
98 'Atiyah Abdel 'Ati Az-Za’aneen, from Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed on 13.11.1990 due to torture in Gaza prison
99 Ali Hasan Abdel-Halim Ash-Shahid, from Tulkarim, killed on 08.06.1991 due torture
100 Sami Nu’man Sleiman Zu’rub, from Khan Younis, Gaza, killed on 22.08.1991 due to torture in Gaza prison
101 Jasir Ahmad Said Abu Rmeileh , from Tulkarim, killed on 20.10.1991 due to medical negligence in Jneid prison
102 Mousa Abdel Rahman, from Nouba, killed on 18.01.1992, executed in prison
103 Mustafa Abdallah Al-Akkawi, from Jerusalem, killed on 04.02.1992 due to torture in Hebron prison
104 Ahmad Ibrahim Barakat, from Nablus, killed on 05.05.1992 due to torture in Ansar
105 Samir Omar Khamir Omar, from Ash-Shati’ RC, Gaza, killed on 31.05.1992 due to torture
106 Mohammad Sleiman Hussein Breis, from Khan Younis RC, Gaza, killed on 29.06.1992 due to torture in Ramleh prison
107 Hazim Mohammad Abdel Rahim Eid, from Al-Am’ari’ RC, Ramallah, killed on 09.07.1992 due to torture in Hebron prison
108 Mustafa Mahmoud Mustafa Barakat, from 'Anabta, killed on 04.08.1992 due to torture in Tulkarem prison
109 Hussein As’ad Ubeidat, from Jerusalem, killed on 04.10.1992 due to medical negligence during Ashqelon hunger strike
110 Ayman Ibrahim Barhoum, from Rafah, Gaza, killed on 27.01.1993 due to torture in Ansar 3
111 Samir Mohammad Khamis Salameh, from Rafah, Gaza, killed on 15.02.1993 due to torture in Beir As-Sabi’
112 Ayman Said Husein Nassar, from Deir Al-Balah, Gaza, killed on 02.04.1993 due to torture in Gaza prison
113 Mohammad Salameh Al-Jundi, from Al-'Arroub, Hebron, killed on 10.05.1993 due to torture in Hebron prison
114 Yahia Abdel Latif Ali An-Natour, from Tulkarim, killed on 10.09.1993 due to medical negligence in Jneid prison
115 Ahmad 'Adel Hasan Ismail, from An-Naqourah, killed on 07.10.1993 due to medical negligence in Nablus prison
116 Abdel Samad Salman Hreizat, from Yatta, Hebron, killed on 25.04.1995 due to torture in Maskubiyyeh prison
117 Ma’zouz Ahmad Mohammad Dalah, from Nablus, killed on 25.04.1995 due to torture
118 Walid Abdel Rahim Al-Sruji, from Tulkarim, killed on 04.03.1996 due to torture
119 Majid Abdallah Daghlas, from Burqin, Nablus, killed on 29.06.1996 due to torture
120 Riyadh Mahmoud Hammoudeh 'Idwan, from Rafah, Gaza, killed on 12.01.1997 due to medical negligence in Beir As-Sabi’ prison
121 Khalid Ali 'Ayish Abu Dayyeh, from Bethlehem, killed on 21.05.1997 due to torture in Maskubiyye
122 Nidal Zakariya Abu Srour, from Aida RC, Bethlehem, killed on 29.01.1998 due to torture in Maskubiyye
123 Yousif Diab Al-'Ar’eer, from Gaza, killed on 20.06.1998 due to medical negligence in Ramleh prison
124 Ibrahim Mohammad Al-Barad’ah, from Sourif, Hebron, killed on 21.11.2000, executed upon arrest
125 Mohammad Yousif Al-Mughrabi, from Dheisheh RC, Bethlehem, killed on 10.12.2000, executed upon arrest
126 Mohammad Khalil Mohammad Ad-Dahhameen, from Hebron, killed on 12.04.2001 due to medical negligence in Megiddo prison
127 Hasan Said Ahmad Abu Sha’ira, from Azza RC, Bethlehem, killed on 14.06.2001, executed after arrest
128 Mahmoud Mousa Sleiman Khalil, from Jenin, killed on 01.07.2001, executed after arrest
129 Jamal Deif Allah Hasan Thalji, from Jenin, killed on 01.07.2001, executed after arrest
130 Mustafa Yousif Mohammad Yasin, from Jenin, killed on 23.07.2001, executed after arrest
131 Ali Ibrahim Al-Joulani, from Jerusalem, killed on 05.06.2001, executed after arrest
132 Hisham Mousa Abu Jamous, from Rafah, Gaza, killed on 25.08.2001, executed after arrest
133 Sufian Ahmad Al-'Arda, from 'Arrabah, Jenin, killed on 12.09.2001, executed after arrest
134 Tha’ir Muhsin Al-Mahdawi, from Al-Far’a RC, Nablus, killed on 14.09.2001, executed after arrest
135 Jamal Hasan Khadir Abu Mallouh, from Deir Istia, Salfit, killed on 06.11.2001, executed after arrest
136 Iyad Odeh Mohammad Al-Khatib, from Deir Istia, Salfit, killed on 06.11.2001, executed after arrest
137 Ali Ibrahim Abu Hajleh, from Deir Istia, Salfit, killed on 06.11.2001, executed after arrest
138 Isa Khalil Mohammad Dababseh, from Yatta, Hebron, killed on 07.11.2001, executed after arrest
139 Midhat 'Azo Abu Dalal, from Nuseirat RC, Gaza, killed on 18.11.2001, executed after arrest
140 Mohammad Ibrahim Hussein, from Gaza, killed on 18.11.2001, executed after arrest
141 Yousif Khalid As-Surkaji, from Nablus, killed on 22.01.2002, executed after arrest
142 Jasir As’ad Samaro, from Nablus, killed on 22.01.2002, executed after arrest
143 Nasim Shafiq Abu Al-Rus, from Nablus, killed on 22.01.2002, executed after arrest
144 Karim Munir Mafarjeh, from Ramallah, killed on 22.11.2002, executed after arrest
145 Nassar Hasan Abu Salim, from Rantis, Ramallah, killed on 26.01.2002, executed after arrest
146 Tariq Hasan Mohammad Al-Hindawi, from Gaza, killed on 12.02.2002, executed after arrest
147 Anwar Awni Mustafa Abdel Ghani, from Tulkarim, killed on 15.02.2002, executed after arrest
148 Abdel Ghani Abdel Rahman Abu Daggah, from Gaza, killed on 08.03.2002, executed after arrest
194 Mahmoud Said Salah, from Jerusalem, killed on 08.03.2002, executed after arrest
150 Basim Mohammad Abu Shihadeh, from Gaza, killed on 24.03.2002, executed after arrest
151 Khalid Fathi Awad Allah, from Jericho, killed on 29.03.2002, executed after arrest
152 Ismail Ibrahim Zeid, from Beit Anan, Jerusalem, killed on 29.03.2002, executed after arrest
153 Said Mohammad Mahdi, from Gaza, killed on 29.03.2002, executed after arrest
154 Abdel Rahman Taqfiq Abdallah, from Nablus, killed on 29.03.2002, executed after arrest
155 Omar Mohammad Mousa, from Jericho, killed on 08.03.2002, executed after arrest
156 Ahmad Fathi Mahmoud 'Ajjaj, from Seida, Tulkarim, killed on 30.03.2002, executed after arrest
157 'Azmi 'Adel Mahmoud 'Ajjaj, from Seida, Tulkarim, killed on 30.03.2002, executed after arrest
158 Baha’ Khalid Ash-Sharqawi, from Az-Zababdeh, Jenin, killed on 02.04.2002, executed after arrest
159 Hazim Ahmad Reihan Qabha, from Ya’bad, Jenin, killed on 14.04.2002, executed after arrest
160 Ahmad Hussein Abdel Salam Jawabreh, from Arroub RC, Hebron, killed on 28.05.2002 due to medical negligence in Megiddo prison
161 Ala’ Khadriyyeh, from Nablus, killed on 27.10.2002, executed after arrest
162 Yasin Said Al-Agha, from Khan Younis, Gaza, killed on 10.12.2002, executed after arrest
163 Jadallah Mousa Shoukeh, from Bethlehem, killed on 13.12.2002, tortured & executed after arrest
164 Ibrahim Talib Abu Hawwash, from Nablus, killed on 25.12.2002, tortured & executed after arrest
165 Omran Abdel Ghani Gheith, from Hebron, killed on 30.12.2002, tortured & executed after arrest
166 Faiz Sabri Jabir, from Tulkarim RC, killed on 31.12.2002, executed after arrest
167 Walid Mohammad 'Amre, from Dura, Hebron, killed on 19.02.2003 due medical negligence in Nafha prison
168 Mohammad Ahmad Al-'Is’is, from Bethlehem, killed on 06.03.2003, executed after arrest
169 Jasir Jabir Hasaneen, from Khan Younis, Gaza, killed on 10.06.2003, executed after arrest
170 Ahmad Khamis 'Atiyyah, from Qalqilia, killed on 22.11.2003, executed after arrest
171 Bashir Mohammad Ahmad 'Iweis, from Balata RC, Nablus, killed on 08.12.2003 due to medical negligence in Megiddo prison
172 Abdel 'Afo Mustafa Al-Qassas, from Nablus, killed on 06.01.2004, executed after arrest
173 Fawwaz Said Mohammad Al-Bulbul, from Tulkarim, killed on 16.09.2004 due to medical negligence in Megiddo prison
174 Falah Hasan Masharqa, from Nur Shams RC, Tulkarim, killed on 23.09.2004, tortured & executed after arrest
175 Mohammad Hasab Abu Hadwan, from Jerusalem, killed on 04.11.2004 due to medical negligence
176 Mahmoud Abdel Rahman Kmeil, from Jenin, killed on 03.12.2004, executed after arrest
177 Salah Omar Sheikh Al’eid, from Rafah, Gaza, killed on 10.12.2004, executed after arrest
178 Rasim Sleiman Abu Gharra Ghneimat, from Kufr Malik, Ramallah, killed on 27.01.2005 due to medical negligence in Megiddo prison
179 Abdel Fattah Yousif Mahmoud Raddad, from Sida, Tulkarim, killed on 05.05.2005 due to medical negligence
180 Ali Mohammad Tawfiq Abu Al-Rub, from Jenin, killed on 15.06.2005 due to torture
181 Bashar 'Arif Abdel Wali Bani Odeh, from Tammoun, Jenin, killed on 23.06.2005 due to medical negligence in Jalbou’ prison
182 Jawad 'Adel Abdel Aziz Abu Maghseb, from Deir Al-Balah, Gaza, killed on 28.07.2005 due to medical negligence in Naqab
183 Sleiman Mohammad Mahmoud Darayja, from Taybeh, killed on 26.04.2006 due to medical negligence in Hasharon prison
184 Mazin Hani Shabat, from Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed on 05.11.2006, executed after released at a checkpoint
185 Salim Rajih Abu Al-Haija, from Al-Yamoun, Jenin, killed on 09.11.2006, executed after arrest
186 Mahmoud Rajih Zaki Abu Hasan, from Al-Yamoun, Jenin, killed on 09.11.2006, executed after arrest
187 Jamal Hasan Abdallah As-Sarrahen, from Beit Ola, Hebron, killed on 16.01.2007 due to medical negligence in Ansar in Naqab
188 Wa’il Yousif Al-Qarrawi, from At-Turi, Jerusalem, killed on 09.03.2007 due to tortured
189 Maher Ata Mustafa Dandan, from Balata RC, Nablus, killed on 09.06.2007 due to medical negligence in Jalbou’ prison
190 Shadi Said As-Sa’aydeh, from Maghazi RC, Gaza, killed on 31.07.2007 due to medical negligence in Nafha prison
191 Omar 'Ayed Salman Mallouh Al-Masalmeh, from Beit Awwa, Hebron, killed on 25.08.2007 due to medical negligence in Ramleh prison
192 Mohammad Safi Al-Ashqar, from Sida, Tulkarem, killed on 22.10.2007, executed by Israeli prison authority
193 Fadi Abdel Latif Abu Al-Rub, from Qabatia, Jenin, killed on 28.12.2007 due to medical negligence in Jalbou’ prison
194 Fawwaz Awni Freihat, from Al-Yamoun, Jenin, killed on 07.01.2008, executed after arrest
195 Fadil Odeh Atiyah Shahin, from Gaza, killed on 29.02.2008 due to medical negligence in Beir As-Sabi’ prison
196 Jum’a Ismail Mousa, from Jerusalem, killed on 24.12.2008 due to medical negligence in Ramleh prison
197 Obeideh Mahir Abdel Mu’ti Ad-Dweik, from Hebron, killed on 13.09.2009, executed after arrest
198 Ra’id Mahmoud Ahmad Abu Hammad, from Izariyyeh, Jerusalem killed on 16.04.2010 due to medical negligence.
20 feb 2012
Omar Abu Jariban, 35
by Chaim Levinson
After being seriously hurt in an accident, the thief was dumped in the middle of the night, shoeless and clad only in a thin hospital gown. Police and hospital staff blame everyone but themselves for his death that night.
The figure at the side of the road was completely still. A pedestrian who saw him in the early morning light came close, and found the body of a young man. He was barefoot and clad in a thin hospital gown from the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer.
It was only a few days later – after the man’s family was located in the Gaza Strip and brought to Israel for DNA testing – that his identity was clarified. The dead man was Omar Abu Jariban, 35, an illegal resident in Israel. Three days before his corpse was found he had been released from the hospital and taken to the Rehovot police station.
At the station he seemed confused, unable to fathom what was going on around him, non-communicative and barely ambulatory. Instead of readmitting him to hospital, senior police officers at the station decided to “return him to the territories” – a code phrase meaning dumping him at a road junction in the middle of the night. Three policemen were sent to take the man and leave him by the side of the road.
Since then, for four and a half years police officers have thrown the blame around, at each other and also against the Sheba Medical Center. Documents which have reached Haaretz attest to a sequence of mishaps and misdoings that night, starting with the hospital, continuing with medical procedures enacted by the police and the Israel Prison Service, and concluding with a low-ranking police officer at the Rehovot station.
Omar Abu Jariban’s final journey began on May 28, 2008. That day, together with a friend from Ramallah, he stole a car and set off on Route 6, the Trans-Israel Highway. The two drove wildly, and close to the Soreq interchange crashed into another car, injuring four people. Badly hurt, Abu Jariban was taken to Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot. Due to the severity of his condition, he was transferred to Sheba. The Rehovot police assumed responsibility for investigating the accident and the car theft.
When he reached the Sheba Medical Center, Abu Jariban was classified as an anonymous patient. Brought into an operating theater, his condition was diagnosed – haemorrhaging in the brain, a broken clavicle, fractured pelvis and a torn aorta. The police were told that the patient’s treatment would last at least three weeks. On June 5 he was transferred to the orthopedic ward; convalescing there, he developed pneumonia.
A week later, on Thursday June 12, the medical team decided that Abu Jariban had concluded the essential part of his treatment, and could be moved out of the hospital. At 11:18 Dr. Gal Fichman signed Abu Jariban’s release form. The medical opinion was not grim – the patient was fit for release, and needed to do some exercise at home: “He can press down fully on his left leg, and partially step on his right foot.
Recommendation: Walk with the use of a brace. Can take pain-killers if needed. He should report to an outpatient clinic for a follow-up check in six weeks. Home physiotherapy to strengthen muscles.” The doctor signed a sick-leave pass for 45 days.
Just 38 minutes went by, and a nurse prepared another discharge form. In this document, Abu Jariban’s condition was listed as being far more serious. “Orientation – off and on. Communication skills – off and on. Mobility – not stable when walking. Periodically confused. Probability of falling. Way of eating: Needs partial help. The patient was washed and attended to in bed. Urinates via catheter. The patient is confused. Needs help eating and drinking.”
Two policemen from the Rehovot police station came to take Abu Jariban. A nurse, Igor Bleiber, met them. One of the policeman, Ro’i Baram, subsequently testified to what he saw that day: “The detainee was lying with his arms tied to the bed, bandaged. We saw an adult diaper and a catheter.”
Speaking with Haaretz, Baram said: “It seemed a bit strange to bring a person in a diaper to the station. We spoke with Igor, who said there was no problem taking him away. He told another nurse to dress the suspect, and he saw that we handcuffed the man and took him from the hospital.”
When the policemen reached their car, they grasped that they really had a problem. In testimony given to the police officer assigned to investigate the episode, Baram related: “The nurse came with us, wheeling [Abu Jariban] in a wheelchair, and then he returned the wheelchair. He couldn’t move and so we lifted him into the police car.
His pants kept falling down. When we reached the police station, I went off to get a wheelchair in order to bring him inside. When we moved him into the chair, the catheter opened. Without help, he fastened it anew. Then we wheeled him into the station.”
Why was Abu Jariban released from the hospital even though it was clear that he required constant medical monitoring? After his death, the police and hospital traded accusations. Staff at the Sheba Medical Center claim that the man self-evidently required continued medical attention at an Israel Prison Service facility.
“I think it was relayed to the police that he should be referred to a medical rehabilitation center,” testified Dr. Fichman to police investigators. “We wouldn’t have released him had there not been somebody who could have taken him for continued rehabilitation treatment.”
The police, in contrast, say that nothing along these lines was said to them. Abu Jariban’s medical documents indicate that nothing was recorded about the need to transfer him to any other medical facility. On the contrary: The release orders refer to rehabilitation treatment to be undertaken at home. In such cases, the hospital is not eager to volunteer prolonged medical treatment funded out of its own budget.
Chief Superintendent Yossi Bachar, commander of the Rehovot police station, subsequently testified to the investigating officer that he operated on the assumption that “the hospital simply wanted to free the bed.”
When Abu Jariban reached the police station, officers on hand soon realized that something was amiss. “I received him at the station, and I had a bad feeling,” one policeman later testified. “I never received a detainee in such a condition, with a catheter still in his arm.”
‘Humanitarian reasons of conscience’
Bachar came onto the scene at this point. This is when a sequence of misdoings started, culminating in the Palestinian man’s tragic end. First of all, policemen at the station decided to turn to the physician responsible for police matters in the region. This physician decided not to make the trip to Rehovot and examine the patient; instead he asked that the release report’s contents be read to him over the telephone.
After this consultation, and in view of Abu Jariban’s condition, the police decided to admit him for convalescence at the Israel Prison Service’s medical facility, but the Prison Service claimed not to have any vacant beds.
Rehovot police made a number of efforts to identify the patient-suspect. Bachar brought in Shin Bet security service investigators, but they reported that they lacked any intelligence information that might help identify him. The police consulted with colleagues from Rishon Letzion, but they said that their suspect-identification station was not in operation. Bachar decided to release the suspect, despite the fact that he had not seen him, and hadn’t ascertained whether there was any place to where the man should be brought.
Testifying to police investigators, Bachar said that the catheter didn’t set off any red lights. “My grandfather went about with a catheter, and that didn’t seem unusual to me,” he said. “I noted that he needed monitoring, that there was no cell in which he could be held, and that in all likelihood, somebody who was in a road accident wouldn’t race off to steal another car.
I also noted that he had a catheter, and that the only thing which bothered me was that he had stolen a car and was being released, that perhaps he was a terrorist or somebody sought by the Shin Bet. Despite all this, it was nighttime and the person had been released from a hospital after an accident, and so for humanitarian reasons of conscience, I decided to let him go to his family.”
Bachar actually decided to take Abu Jariban to the police station at Kfar Sava for a last attempt to identify him. Should this not produce anything, the station commander decided, the suspect would be released at the Maccabim border crossing. Orders along these lines were relayed to Baruch Peretz, the officer on duty during the shift.
Peretz, 38, formerly served in the Border Police. He served as an officer in the Rehovot station’s community branch, and sometimes worked as the duty officer for shifts at the station. He was the man assigned to take care of Abu Jariban.
At 10 P.M., Abu Jariban’s death march began. A low-ranking policeman, Assaf Yakutieli, together with a volunteer policeman, put the Palestinian in a police car. Without wondering whether what they were doing was legal, they grabbed Abu Jariban under the arms, and stuffed him into the squad car; the volunteer folded his legs into the vehicle.
The police car went to Kfar Sava, only to be informed by officers there that they were unable to identify the man. Yakutieli telephoned Peretz. The duty officer told him to leave the suspect at the Maccabim crossing point.
The commander of this checkpoint refused to take responsibility for Abu Jariban, however, and so the police car continued to Route 443, toward the Atarot border crossing ?(which has subsequently been removed?). There, too, Border Police refused to take responsibility for the man. After the third such refusal, Yakutieli phoned the duty officer and told him that he would leave Abu Jariban at a well-lit junction, so that he would be picked up by Palestinians.
At 2:50 A.M. Abu Jariban was taken out of the car on Route 45, between the Ofer army base and the Atarot crossing point. He was left by the side of the road. The policemen apparently did not know that Palestinian vehicles were not allowed to travel on this road. Abu Jariban was left to his own devices, wearing his hospital gown and with the discharge papers in his pocket. The catheter was still with him. He was barefoot. The policemen left neither food nor drink with him; they reported that they had completed the mission.
Yakutieli subsequently testified: “Together with the volunteer, we took the detainee out of the car and placed him behind the safety railing so that he wouldn’t be hurt. He wasn’t removed very far from the road – he was left in a place where he would be able to hitch-hike a lift. We made a report and then drove off.”
The police investigator asked him to clarify his reasoning about the suspect’s ability to get a lift on a speedy highway. Yakutieli replied: “I expected that cars would stop at the side of the road, that someone would take him in and give him a ride. All told, he is one of their people and the Arabs are known for their solidarity.”
On Sunday morning, June 15, a pedestrian discovered Abu Jariban’s corpse. A bread roll and a soft drink can were beside the body. Subsequently, police argued that these objects prove that the young man was able to take care of himself. The autopsy established that he died of dehydration.
Binyamin Region police turned to the Sheba Medical Center for help identifying the body. From this point, the police appointed an investigating officer, and Abu Jariban’s family was contacted.
Speaking from the Gaza Strip, Abu Jariban’s brother Mohammed says that the family is outraged by the death. “They simply threw him to the dogs,” Mohammed says. “Had they brought him to the Erez border crossing, we would have taken care of him.”
Passing the buck
The investigating officer’s report, which has reached Haaretz, points to a long list of failings. “In the final analysis, an unhealthy person who was the responsibility of institutions of the State of Israel was left at a junction at 3 A.M., dressed in a hospital gown, barefoot, with a catheter, barely able to walk; he was left with no food or drink, and without the basic assistance he required,” the report noted.
Among other misdoings, the report notes: “The police physicians and the Prison Service doctor reached the decision that the illegal resident could be detained only with medical supervision, but they didn’t clarify to the police commanders anything about the man’s health condition on his release. The hospital was not informed by any police representative that the detainee was being taken into custody ...
“The regional commander and the commander of the Rehovot police station believed that the illegal resident was released from the hospital the way any patient is released.
A specific order came from Bachar to brief Peretz that the illegal resident should be taken to the Maccabim crossing point, and brought to a designated person; nobody confirmed that this order was carried out. Peretz trusted the head of the group of policemen who told him on the phone that he knew the area very well, since he lives in the territories, and that he would leave the man in a secure area close to the entrance of a village.
Later this policeman claimed that he once lived in Jerusalem and would travel on Route 443 to Tel Aviv, but had no knowledge regarding the entrances to villages. Apparently he lied about his knowledge of the region.”
As a result of the police investigation, negligent homicide charges were filed in March 2009 against Peretz and Yakutieli. Evidence has yet to be submitted in a trial of the pair; meantime, Yakutieli has been appointed an instructor in a police operations school, and Peretz has been named officer in charge of volunteers at the Lod police station.
Peretz blames his superior officers who gave him the order. He says that Bachar is responsible, and recently petitioned the High Court of Justice to indict his commanders, including Bachar, and the Sheba Medical Center in the case. The volunteer and policeman who accompanied Peretz on the fateful night journey have not been charged.
During the internal police investigation, Bachar was questioned under warning about a possible indictment on charges of reckless homicide. He faced police disciplinary charges, but his career has advanced steadily since this tragedy. Two years ago he was promoted to the rank of commander, and appointed operations officer for the central region. He is currently on a study leave.
The police response to this report: “This sorrowful case has been reviewed a number of times by the police internal investigations unit and the state prosecutor’s office, and a decision was reached to indict two policemen. The promotion of Commander Bachar was reviewed by the police and the Public Security Ministry, and he was found worthy of promotion. We do not intend to relate to details of these events, as judgment about them is pending in the High Court.”
The Sheba Medical Center’s response: “The hospital’s staff made considerable efforts to save the life of Abu Jariban, and to attend to his health. When he was released, police responsible for him were informed that he should be brought to a convalescence and care facility. From the moment he was relayed to the police, we had no control over the sequence of events leading to his being found, dead.”
Attorney Zadok Hugi, who represents Chief Inspector Baruch Peretz: “After higher-ranking police officers decided on [Abu Jariban’s] release, Peretz had no leeway or discretion, and could not disobey this order. More than anything, responsibility here rests with the hospital.”
Jack Khoury assisted in preparing this report.
Haaretz: Palestinian man died in Gaza after hospital dump by Israeli police
Sheba Medical Center, where Jariban was treated before being dumped in Gaza by police
by Allison Deger
A Palestinian man died after a hospital dumping by Israeli police five years ago, an investigation by Haaretz shows. Omar Abu Jariban was "left for dead in Gaza...in the middle of the night, shoeless and clad only in a thin hospital gown." Haaretz has now reconstructed the timeline of events; the investigation gives a breath of accountability to a case in which officers under investigation for reckless homicide have been promoted, not convicted. And both hospital staff and police blame each other for the death of the 35-year-old Palestinian.
Haaretz’s Chaim Levinson writes:
Three days before his corpse was found he had been released from the hospital and taken to the Rehovot police station. At the station he seemed confused, unable to fathom what was going on around him, non-communicative and barely ambulatory. Instead of readmitting him to hospital, senior police officers at the station decided to 'return him to the territories' – a code phrase meaning dumping him at a road junction in the middle of the night. Three policemen were sent to take the man and leave him by the side of the road.
Haaretz found conflicting medical documents on Jariban’s condition prior to his release. The doctor attending over the Palestinian man signed a medical form that indicated Jariban was stable, able to walk and needed follow-up in an outpatient clinic. A contradictory report was made by a nurse who treated Jariban only 38 minutes later:
'Orientation – off and on. Communication skills – off and on. Mobility – not stable when walking. Periodically confused. Probability of falling. Way of eating: Needs partial help. The patient was washed and attended to in bed. Urinates via catheter. The patient is confused. Needs help eating and drinking.'
Additionally, moments prior to his release, an officer on site described Jariban as "tied to the bed, bandaged" wearing "an adult diaper and a catheter." When transferred into police custody, he was unidentified, but still wearing the catheter and diaper.
The police then sought to identify the man and find a prison medical facility to admit him. When no prison or police doctor would attend to him--the prison citing a lack of beds-- a decision was made to dump him at a crossing to Gaza, though officers had yet to identify him and he was barely conscious.
Haaretz’s timeline of Abu Jariban's last night:
At 10 P.M., Abu Jariban's death march began. A low-ranking policeman, Assaf Yakutieli, together with a volunteer policeman, put the Palestinian in a police car. Without wondering whether what they were doing was legal, they grabbed Abu Jariban under the arms, and stuffed him into the squad car; the volunteer folded his legs into the vehicle.
The police car went to Kfar Sava, only to be informed by officers there that they were unable to identify the man. Yakutieli telephoned Peretz. The duty officer told him to leave the suspect at the Maccabim crossing point.
The commander of this checkpoint refused to take responsibility for Abu Jariban, however, and so the police car continued to Route 443, toward the Atarot border crossing (which has subsequently been removed ). There, too, Border Police refused to take responsibility for the man. After the third such refusal, Yakutieli phoned the duty officer and told him that he would leave Abu Jariban at a well-lit junction, so that he would be picked up by Palestinians.
At 2:50 A.M. Abu Jariban was taken out of the car on Route 45, between the Ofer army base and the Atarot crossing point. He was left by the side of the road. The policemen apparently did not know that Palestinian vehicles were not allowed to travel on this road. Abu Jariban was left to his own devices, wearing his hospital gown and with the discharge papers in his pocket. The catheter was still with him. He was barefoot. The policemen left neither food nor drink with him; they reported that they had completed the mission.
Yakutieli subsequently testified: 'Together with the volunteer, we took the detainee out of the car and placed him behind the safety railing so that he wouldn't be hurt. He wasn't removed very far from the road he was left in a place where he would be able to hitch-hike a lift. We made a report and then drove off.'
The police investigator asked him to clarify his reasoning about the suspect's ability to get a lift on a speedy highway. Yakutieli replied: 'I expected that cars would stop at the side of the road, that someone would take him in and give him a ride. All told, he is one of their people and the Arabs are known for their solidarity.'
On Sunday morning, June 15, a pedestrian discovered Abu Jariban's corpse. A bread roll and a soft drink can were beside the body. Subsequently, police argued that these objects prove that the young man was able to take care of himself. The autopsy established that he died of dehydration.
Jariban’s family is enraged by his death. His brother Mohammed told Haaretz "they simply threw him to the dogs," continuing "had they brought him to the Erez border crossing, we would have taken care of him."
In response to Haaretz’s report and Jariban’s family’s remarks, the police officers said the case was "sorrowful," and again stood by their decision to promote the criminally indicted commanding officer.
by Chaim Levinson
After being seriously hurt in an accident, the thief was dumped in the middle of the night, shoeless and clad only in a thin hospital gown. Police and hospital staff blame everyone but themselves for his death that night.
The figure at the side of the road was completely still. A pedestrian who saw him in the early morning light came close, and found the body of a young man. He was barefoot and clad in a thin hospital gown from the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer.
It was only a few days later – after the man’s family was located in the Gaza Strip and brought to Israel for DNA testing – that his identity was clarified. The dead man was Omar Abu Jariban, 35, an illegal resident in Israel. Three days before his corpse was found he had been released from the hospital and taken to the Rehovot police station.
At the station he seemed confused, unable to fathom what was going on around him, non-communicative and barely ambulatory. Instead of readmitting him to hospital, senior police officers at the station decided to “return him to the territories” – a code phrase meaning dumping him at a road junction in the middle of the night. Three policemen were sent to take the man and leave him by the side of the road.
Since then, for four and a half years police officers have thrown the blame around, at each other and also against the Sheba Medical Center. Documents which have reached Haaretz attest to a sequence of mishaps and misdoings that night, starting with the hospital, continuing with medical procedures enacted by the police and the Israel Prison Service, and concluding with a low-ranking police officer at the Rehovot station.
Omar Abu Jariban’s final journey began on May 28, 2008. That day, together with a friend from Ramallah, he stole a car and set off on Route 6, the Trans-Israel Highway. The two drove wildly, and close to the Soreq interchange crashed into another car, injuring four people. Badly hurt, Abu Jariban was taken to Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot. Due to the severity of his condition, he was transferred to Sheba. The Rehovot police assumed responsibility for investigating the accident and the car theft.
When he reached the Sheba Medical Center, Abu Jariban was classified as an anonymous patient. Brought into an operating theater, his condition was diagnosed – haemorrhaging in the brain, a broken clavicle, fractured pelvis and a torn aorta. The police were told that the patient’s treatment would last at least three weeks. On June 5 he was transferred to the orthopedic ward; convalescing there, he developed pneumonia.
A week later, on Thursday June 12, the medical team decided that Abu Jariban had concluded the essential part of his treatment, and could be moved out of the hospital. At 11:18 Dr. Gal Fichman signed Abu Jariban’s release form. The medical opinion was not grim – the patient was fit for release, and needed to do some exercise at home: “He can press down fully on his left leg, and partially step on his right foot.
Recommendation: Walk with the use of a brace. Can take pain-killers if needed. He should report to an outpatient clinic for a follow-up check in six weeks. Home physiotherapy to strengthen muscles.” The doctor signed a sick-leave pass for 45 days.
Just 38 minutes went by, and a nurse prepared another discharge form. In this document, Abu Jariban’s condition was listed as being far more serious. “Orientation – off and on. Communication skills – off and on. Mobility – not stable when walking. Periodically confused. Probability of falling. Way of eating: Needs partial help. The patient was washed and attended to in bed. Urinates via catheter. The patient is confused. Needs help eating and drinking.”
Two policemen from the Rehovot police station came to take Abu Jariban. A nurse, Igor Bleiber, met them. One of the policeman, Ro’i Baram, subsequently testified to what he saw that day: “The detainee was lying with his arms tied to the bed, bandaged. We saw an adult diaper and a catheter.”
Speaking with Haaretz, Baram said: “It seemed a bit strange to bring a person in a diaper to the station. We spoke with Igor, who said there was no problem taking him away. He told another nurse to dress the suspect, and he saw that we handcuffed the man and took him from the hospital.”
When the policemen reached their car, they grasped that they really had a problem. In testimony given to the police officer assigned to investigate the episode, Baram related: “The nurse came with us, wheeling [Abu Jariban] in a wheelchair, and then he returned the wheelchair. He couldn’t move and so we lifted him into the police car.
His pants kept falling down. When we reached the police station, I went off to get a wheelchair in order to bring him inside. When we moved him into the chair, the catheter opened. Without help, he fastened it anew. Then we wheeled him into the station.”
Why was Abu Jariban released from the hospital even though it was clear that he required constant medical monitoring? After his death, the police and hospital traded accusations. Staff at the Sheba Medical Center claim that the man self-evidently required continued medical attention at an Israel Prison Service facility.
“I think it was relayed to the police that he should be referred to a medical rehabilitation center,” testified Dr. Fichman to police investigators. “We wouldn’t have released him had there not been somebody who could have taken him for continued rehabilitation treatment.”
The police, in contrast, say that nothing along these lines was said to them. Abu Jariban’s medical documents indicate that nothing was recorded about the need to transfer him to any other medical facility. On the contrary: The release orders refer to rehabilitation treatment to be undertaken at home. In such cases, the hospital is not eager to volunteer prolonged medical treatment funded out of its own budget.
Chief Superintendent Yossi Bachar, commander of the Rehovot police station, subsequently testified to the investigating officer that he operated on the assumption that “the hospital simply wanted to free the bed.”
When Abu Jariban reached the police station, officers on hand soon realized that something was amiss. “I received him at the station, and I had a bad feeling,” one policeman later testified. “I never received a detainee in such a condition, with a catheter still in his arm.”
‘Humanitarian reasons of conscience’
Bachar came onto the scene at this point. This is when a sequence of misdoings started, culminating in the Palestinian man’s tragic end. First of all, policemen at the station decided to turn to the physician responsible for police matters in the region. This physician decided not to make the trip to Rehovot and examine the patient; instead he asked that the release report’s contents be read to him over the telephone.
After this consultation, and in view of Abu Jariban’s condition, the police decided to admit him for convalescence at the Israel Prison Service’s medical facility, but the Prison Service claimed not to have any vacant beds.
Rehovot police made a number of efforts to identify the patient-suspect. Bachar brought in Shin Bet security service investigators, but they reported that they lacked any intelligence information that might help identify him. The police consulted with colleagues from Rishon Letzion, but they said that their suspect-identification station was not in operation. Bachar decided to release the suspect, despite the fact that he had not seen him, and hadn’t ascertained whether there was any place to where the man should be brought.
Testifying to police investigators, Bachar said that the catheter didn’t set off any red lights. “My grandfather went about with a catheter, and that didn’t seem unusual to me,” he said. “I noted that he needed monitoring, that there was no cell in which he could be held, and that in all likelihood, somebody who was in a road accident wouldn’t race off to steal another car.
I also noted that he had a catheter, and that the only thing which bothered me was that he had stolen a car and was being released, that perhaps he was a terrorist or somebody sought by the Shin Bet. Despite all this, it was nighttime and the person had been released from a hospital after an accident, and so for humanitarian reasons of conscience, I decided to let him go to his family.”
Bachar actually decided to take Abu Jariban to the police station at Kfar Sava for a last attempt to identify him. Should this not produce anything, the station commander decided, the suspect would be released at the Maccabim border crossing. Orders along these lines were relayed to Baruch Peretz, the officer on duty during the shift.
Peretz, 38, formerly served in the Border Police. He served as an officer in the Rehovot station’s community branch, and sometimes worked as the duty officer for shifts at the station. He was the man assigned to take care of Abu Jariban.
At 10 P.M., Abu Jariban’s death march began. A low-ranking policeman, Assaf Yakutieli, together with a volunteer policeman, put the Palestinian in a police car. Without wondering whether what they were doing was legal, they grabbed Abu Jariban under the arms, and stuffed him into the squad car; the volunteer folded his legs into the vehicle.
The police car went to Kfar Sava, only to be informed by officers there that they were unable to identify the man. Yakutieli telephoned Peretz. The duty officer told him to leave the suspect at the Maccabim crossing point.
The commander of this checkpoint refused to take responsibility for Abu Jariban, however, and so the police car continued to Route 443, toward the Atarot border crossing ?(which has subsequently been removed?). There, too, Border Police refused to take responsibility for the man. After the third such refusal, Yakutieli phoned the duty officer and told him that he would leave Abu Jariban at a well-lit junction, so that he would be picked up by Palestinians.
At 2:50 A.M. Abu Jariban was taken out of the car on Route 45, between the Ofer army base and the Atarot crossing point. He was left by the side of the road. The policemen apparently did not know that Palestinian vehicles were not allowed to travel on this road. Abu Jariban was left to his own devices, wearing his hospital gown and with the discharge papers in his pocket. The catheter was still with him. He was barefoot. The policemen left neither food nor drink with him; they reported that they had completed the mission.
Yakutieli subsequently testified: “Together with the volunteer, we took the detainee out of the car and placed him behind the safety railing so that he wouldn’t be hurt. He wasn’t removed very far from the road – he was left in a place where he would be able to hitch-hike a lift. We made a report and then drove off.”
The police investigator asked him to clarify his reasoning about the suspect’s ability to get a lift on a speedy highway. Yakutieli replied: “I expected that cars would stop at the side of the road, that someone would take him in and give him a ride. All told, he is one of their people and the Arabs are known for their solidarity.”
On Sunday morning, June 15, a pedestrian discovered Abu Jariban’s corpse. A bread roll and a soft drink can were beside the body. Subsequently, police argued that these objects prove that the young man was able to take care of himself. The autopsy established that he died of dehydration.
Binyamin Region police turned to the Sheba Medical Center for help identifying the body. From this point, the police appointed an investigating officer, and Abu Jariban’s family was contacted.
Speaking from the Gaza Strip, Abu Jariban’s brother Mohammed says that the family is outraged by the death. “They simply threw him to the dogs,” Mohammed says. “Had they brought him to the Erez border crossing, we would have taken care of him.”
Passing the buck
The investigating officer’s report, which has reached Haaretz, points to a long list of failings. “In the final analysis, an unhealthy person who was the responsibility of institutions of the State of Israel was left at a junction at 3 A.M., dressed in a hospital gown, barefoot, with a catheter, barely able to walk; he was left with no food or drink, and without the basic assistance he required,” the report noted.
Among other misdoings, the report notes: “The police physicians and the Prison Service doctor reached the decision that the illegal resident could be detained only with medical supervision, but they didn’t clarify to the police commanders anything about the man’s health condition on his release. The hospital was not informed by any police representative that the detainee was being taken into custody ...
“The regional commander and the commander of the Rehovot police station believed that the illegal resident was released from the hospital the way any patient is released.
A specific order came from Bachar to brief Peretz that the illegal resident should be taken to the Maccabim crossing point, and brought to a designated person; nobody confirmed that this order was carried out. Peretz trusted the head of the group of policemen who told him on the phone that he knew the area very well, since he lives in the territories, and that he would leave the man in a secure area close to the entrance of a village.
Later this policeman claimed that he once lived in Jerusalem and would travel on Route 443 to Tel Aviv, but had no knowledge regarding the entrances to villages. Apparently he lied about his knowledge of the region.”
As a result of the police investigation, negligent homicide charges were filed in March 2009 against Peretz and Yakutieli. Evidence has yet to be submitted in a trial of the pair; meantime, Yakutieli has been appointed an instructor in a police operations school, and Peretz has been named officer in charge of volunteers at the Lod police station.
Peretz blames his superior officers who gave him the order. He says that Bachar is responsible, and recently petitioned the High Court of Justice to indict his commanders, including Bachar, and the Sheba Medical Center in the case. The volunteer and policeman who accompanied Peretz on the fateful night journey have not been charged.
During the internal police investigation, Bachar was questioned under warning about a possible indictment on charges of reckless homicide. He faced police disciplinary charges, but his career has advanced steadily since this tragedy. Two years ago he was promoted to the rank of commander, and appointed operations officer for the central region. He is currently on a study leave.
The police response to this report: “This sorrowful case has been reviewed a number of times by the police internal investigations unit and the state prosecutor’s office, and a decision was reached to indict two policemen. The promotion of Commander Bachar was reviewed by the police and the Public Security Ministry, and he was found worthy of promotion. We do not intend to relate to details of these events, as judgment about them is pending in the High Court.”
The Sheba Medical Center’s response: “The hospital’s staff made considerable efforts to save the life of Abu Jariban, and to attend to his health. When he was released, police responsible for him were informed that he should be brought to a convalescence and care facility. From the moment he was relayed to the police, we had no control over the sequence of events leading to his being found, dead.”
Attorney Zadok Hugi, who represents Chief Inspector Baruch Peretz: “After higher-ranking police officers decided on [Abu Jariban’s] release, Peretz had no leeway or discretion, and could not disobey this order. More than anything, responsibility here rests with the hospital.”
Jack Khoury assisted in preparing this report.
Haaretz: Palestinian man died in Gaza after hospital dump by Israeli police
Sheba Medical Center, where Jariban was treated before being dumped in Gaza by police
by Allison Deger
A Palestinian man died after a hospital dumping by Israeli police five years ago, an investigation by Haaretz shows. Omar Abu Jariban was "left for dead in Gaza...in the middle of the night, shoeless and clad only in a thin hospital gown." Haaretz has now reconstructed the timeline of events; the investigation gives a breath of accountability to a case in which officers under investigation for reckless homicide have been promoted, not convicted. And both hospital staff and police blame each other for the death of the 35-year-old Palestinian.
Haaretz’s Chaim Levinson writes:
Three days before his corpse was found he had been released from the hospital and taken to the Rehovot police station. At the station he seemed confused, unable to fathom what was going on around him, non-communicative and barely ambulatory. Instead of readmitting him to hospital, senior police officers at the station decided to 'return him to the territories' – a code phrase meaning dumping him at a road junction in the middle of the night. Three policemen were sent to take the man and leave him by the side of the road.
Haaretz found conflicting medical documents on Jariban’s condition prior to his release. The doctor attending over the Palestinian man signed a medical form that indicated Jariban was stable, able to walk and needed follow-up in an outpatient clinic. A contradictory report was made by a nurse who treated Jariban only 38 minutes later:
'Orientation – off and on. Communication skills – off and on. Mobility – not stable when walking. Periodically confused. Probability of falling. Way of eating: Needs partial help. The patient was washed and attended to in bed. Urinates via catheter. The patient is confused. Needs help eating and drinking.'
Additionally, moments prior to his release, an officer on site described Jariban as "tied to the bed, bandaged" wearing "an adult diaper and a catheter." When transferred into police custody, he was unidentified, but still wearing the catheter and diaper.
The police then sought to identify the man and find a prison medical facility to admit him. When no prison or police doctor would attend to him--the prison citing a lack of beds-- a decision was made to dump him at a crossing to Gaza, though officers had yet to identify him and he was barely conscious.
Haaretz’s timeline of Abu Jariban's last night:
At 10 P.M., Abu Jariban's death march began. A low-ranking policeman, Assaf Yakutieli, together with a volunteer policeman, put the Palestinian in a police car. Without wondering whether what they were doing was legal, they grabbed Abu Jariban under the arms, and stuffed him into the squad car; the volunteer folded his legs into the vehicle.
The police car went to Kfar Sava, only to be informed by officers there that they were unable to identify the man. Yakutieli telephoned Peretz. The duty officer told him to leave the suspect at the Maccabim crossing point.
The commander of this checkpoint refused to take responsibility for Abu Jariban, however, and so the police car continued to Route 443, toward the Atarot border crossing (which has subsequently been removed ). There, too, Border Police refused to take responsibility for the man. After the third such refusal, Yakutieli phoned the duty officer and told him that he would leave Abu Jariban at a well-lit junction, so that he would be picked up by Palestinians.
At 2:50 A.M. Abu Jariban was taken out of the car on Route 45, between the Ofer army base and the Atarot crossing point. He was left by the side of the road. The policemen apparently did not know that Palestinian vehicles were not allowed to travel on this road. Abu Jariban was left to his own devices, wearing his hospital gown and with the discharge papers in his pocket. The catheter was still with him. He was barefoot. The policemen left neither food nor drink with him; they reported that they had completed the mission.
Yakutieli subsequently testified: 'Together with the volunteer, we took the detainee out of the car and placed him behind the safety railing so that he wouldn't be hurt. He wasn't removed very far from the road he was left in a place where he would be able to hitch-hike a lift. We made a report and then drove off.'
The police investigator asked him to clarify his reasoning about the suspect's ability to get a lift on a speedy highway. Yakutieli replied: 'I expected that cars would stop at the side of the road, that someone would take him in and give him a ride. All told, he is one of their people and the Arabs are known for their solidarity.'
On Sunday morning, June 15, a pedestrian discovered Abu Jariban's corpse. A bread roll and a soft drink can were beside the body. Subsequently, police argued that these objects prove that the young man was able to take care of himself. The autopsy established that he died of dehydration.
Jariban’s family is enraged by his death. His brother Mohammed told Haaretz "they simply threw him to the dogs," continuing "had they brought him to the Erez border crossing, we would have taken care of him."
In response to Haaretz’s report and Jariban’s family’s remarks, the police officers said the case was "sorrowful," and again stood by their decision to promote the criminally indicted commanding officer.
