A new report by the Palestinian Center for Prisoners’ Studies has revealed that 14% of the Palestinian inmates in Israeli jails are suffering various diseases.

4,800 Palestinian prisoners are currently held in Israeli jails, the report said and added that at least 650 patients are among the Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
 
The report added that 19 prisoners are diagnosed with cancer and cancerous tumors.
 
“The number of Palestinian prisoners who suffer from serious health conditions increased in the last three years,” the report revealed, adding that prisoner Walid Daqqa, 61, who suffers from spinal cancer, started to suffer from severe pneumonia, acute renal failure and low blood pressure.
 
The report stressed that 160 Palestinian prisoners suffer from dangerous diseases such as cancer, kidney failure, muscular atrophy, atherosclerosis, diabetes, and hypertension.
 
It asserted that Palestinian prisoners are subjected to the Israeli policy of medical neglect, warning that the life of sick prisoners might end at any moment.