Palestinian Minor Dies in Israeli Prison – Death Toll Rises to 63 since Oct 2023

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The youth’s death is the second in weeks at the notorious Megiddo prison where cases of abuse and torture have been reported.

A 17-year-old Palestinian teenager from the occupied West Bank town of Silwad has died in Israel’s Megiddo prison, raising the death toll of Palestinian detainees to 63 since October 2023, prisoner affairs groups have confirmed.

In a joint statement, the…