Scores of Palestinians gather to express solidarity with cancer-stricken prisoner Hussein Al-Masalmeh

Scores of Palestinians gathered on Tuesday in Al-Bira city in the West Bank to express their solidarity with the cancer-stricken prisoner Hussein Al-Masalmeh, 39-year-old. 

 

The mother of the prisoner said that Israeli occupation authorities prevented her from coming near her son when she visited him 10 days ago after they prevented her from visiting him for 3 years. 

 

While his father called for urgent intervention to release palestinian prisoners from the Israeli jails. 

 

According to PCPS, prisoner Masalmeh suffers from leukemia as a result of his exposure to medical neglect for years.

 

Before he was diagnosed with cancer symptoms, the prisoner had long complained of severe pains in his stomach without allowing him to see a specialist or undergo tests.

 

Describing Masalmeh’s condition as the most dangerous in Israeli jails, PCPS said that he is lying unconscious with his hands and legs tied to a bed in Soroka Hospital and with a breathing machine connected to his body.

 

However, the Israeli occupation authority refuses to consider his difficult health condition and release him, especially since he almost completed his 20-year prison term and there are only a few months before his release.

 

Basma Qaddour