Hebron - With

the announcement of the martyrdom of the Palestinian detainee Saadia Farajallah in her Israeli prison this morning, Saturday morning, a lightning family visit turned into a tragic human story against an elderly woman who is nearing the age of 70, whose threads were tightly woven by the occupation soldiers and jailers.

The story began with the mother's longing for her daughter, who got married several kilometers away, but the area is like a military barracks in which the Israeli army and settlers dominate the smallest details of life.

On December 18, Saadia Farajallah, 68, left her home in the town of Idna, west of Hebron (south of the West Bank), to the heart of Hebron, where the Ibrahimi Mosque and the ancient town are, where her daughter lives.

Not far from her daughter's house, the Israeli army was receiving the Palestinian woman, so the soldiers pointed their guns at a helpless old woman, and took her to an Israeli investigation center, alleging that she was trying to carry out a stabbing attack, amid the settlers' winter and their attacks.

According to a special agreement signed in 1997, the Israeli army completely controls the Old City of Hebron and its surroundings, while the rest of the city is under the administration of the Palestinian Authority.

Since her arrest, the occupation authorities have held several trials for the prisoner, Faraj Allah, the last of which was on June 28.

On Saturday afternoon, the Prisoners' Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners Club announced the death of the female captive, Faraj Allah.

Regarding the circumstances of her martyrdom, the Palestinian Prisoners Club (non-governmental) said that the initial version indicated that the martyr lost consciousness after completing her ablution, so other female prisoners transferred her to the prison clinic, and there she was martyred.

The club revealed - in a statement received by Al Jazeera Net - that the martyr arrived at court last Tuesday "in a wheelchair," noting that she had suffered from high blood pressure and diabetes before her death.

The club confirmed that the martyr Faraj Allah was subjected to the crime of medical negligence (slow killing), which formed the most prominent policy in the Israeli occupation prisons in the past few years, and led to her martyrdom and dozens of prisoners.

The family of the martyr Saadia Faraj Allah, the moment the news of her martyrdom arrived (Al-Jazeera)

Unfinished visit

For his part, the brother of the martyr, Tayseer Farajallah, says that the martyr was visiting her daughter when she was arrested, refuting the Israeli version that she tried to stab a soldier.

He added in an interview with Al Jazeera Net, "Sadia was visiting her daughter in the city of Hebron, but the occupation army arrested her and transferred her to prison," noting that his sister is a mother of 8 children, the youngest of whom is 22, and a grandmother of 25 grandchildren, and she was not suffering from diseases on the day of her arrest, but she During her detention she became suffering from stress and diabetes.

He added that the occupation authorities prevented them and prevented her children and all her family members from visiting her, and only allowed her lawyer to meet her a few times.

He said that her death was a result of the pressures she was experiencing during her detention, especially with her advanced age.

Faraj Allah says that what happened with his sister "is not new to the Palestinian people, and it is not surprising, and it happened with dozens of prisoners in the prisons of the occupation."

The family of the martyr was not informed of the time of handing over her body, and the family adheres to its right to an autopsy and an investigation from a neutral party to reveal the causes of her death, according to her brother, who held the occupation authorities fully responsible for her death.


new crime

Ibrahim Najjarh, director of the Prisoners’ Affairs Authority’s office in Hebron, described what happened to the female captive as “a new crime added to the crimes of the occupation against our people, especially the captive movement.”

Najjar said - in his speech to Al-Jazeera Net - that what happened to the martyr Saadia Faraj Allah is "the result of the policy of deprivation and medical neglect, as the deceased is an elderly person and needs special health care."

According to the Palestinian official, the martyr captive recently suffered from "a policy of neglect, deprivation and solitary confinement."

He added that the prisoner's lawyer requested several times to provide her with treatment, but the Prisons Authority and the Damon prison administration turned its back on these demands, and the result was the martyrdom of the elderly Farajallah.

In a statement, the head of the Prisoners' Affairs Authority, Qadri Abu Bakr, held the occupation government fully responsible for the martyrdom of the captive Saadia.

Abu Bakr added that the martyrdom of the elderly Saadia Faraj Allah raised the number of martyrs of the Palestinian captive movement to 230 martyrs since the beginning of the occupation in 1967.

Palestinian demands for investigation

For his part, Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh held the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for the death of the captive Saadiya Faraj Allah.

In a statement, he called on the international human rights committees to open an investigation into the circumstances of her martyrdom, and to put pressure on the occupation authorities to release all female prisoners and prisoners, especially the sick and children, and to hold them responsible for their lives.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants also called for the opening of an international investigation into the circumstances of the martyrdom of the captive Saadia.

And the Palestinian Foreign Ministry - in a statement received by Al Jazeera Net - held the occupation authorities "full responsibility" for her death.

The conditions of the prisoners are difficult

Institutions specializing in prisoners' affairs, including the Prisoners' Club, say that female prisoners suffer from "difficult detention conditions, in addition to deliberate medical negligence."

And she indicated in a previous statement that the most serious case is the case of the prisoner Esraa Al-Jaabis, who has been detained since 2015 after her car was burnt while she was inside.

She stated that the captive needs to undergo several surgeries, although she underwent more than 8 operations.

According to these institutions, 32 female prisoners are languishing in Israeli prisons, with more than 4,700 prisoners until late last May.