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Zena Al Tahhan

Palestinian dies after falling into coma while in Israeli custody

The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said in a statement it “condemns the crime of killing the prisoner Ahmad Abu Ali". [File: Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo]

Ramallah, occupied West Bank – A Palestinian prisoner, who was rushed to a hospital after falling into a coma on Thursday night, has died in Israeli custody with two years of his 12-year sentence left.

Ahmad Abu Ali, 48, was announced dead on Friday morning at the Israeli Soroka hospital in the southern Naqab area (Negev). Abu Ali was suffering from diseases including chronic heart problems and diabetes, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS).

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