Prisoners’ groups denounce death of 3 Palestinians in Israeli jails

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society have confirmed the death of three prisoners from Gaza in Israeli detention. The Palestinian prisoner rights NGOs issued a joint statement identifying the men as Taysir Saeed al-Abd Sababa (60), Khamis Shukri Mar’i Ashour (44), and Khalil Ahmad Khalil Haniyeh (35). Sababa, a father of nine, died on December 31 last year, two months after his arrest. Haniyeh, a father of four, died on December 25, almost a year after his arrest. The statement did not specify when Ashour, a father of six, died.