The Israeli occupation authorities informed the family of Palestinian prisoner Imad Rajeh Sarhan today, Sunday, of their son's martyrdom inside Gilboa Prison. Local sources clarified that the 47-year-old martyr, a resident of occupied Haifa, passed away due to a severe heart attack that struck him yesterday, Saturday, without the prison administration providing precise details about the circumstances of his death.
Martyr Sarhan is considered one of the veteran prisoners, having been arrested by occupation forces on October 15, 2001, and sentenced to life imprisonment. From the first moments of his arrest, the martyr faced a long journey of suffering that began with harsh military interrogations and the use of systematic torture methods that left health scars that never left him until the moment of his martyrdom.
Both the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner's Society confirmed that Sarhan suffered for years during his detention from a policy of repeated solitary confinement that affected his psychological and physical condition. He was also subjected to deliberate medical neglect and deprivation of necessary treatment, which led to him contracting chronic and serious heart, artery, and vein diseases, in addition to his continuous struggle with high blood pressure.
In recent years, Prisoner Sarhan's health condition witnessed a rapid and severe deterioration that forced him to use a wheelchair for movement inside his cells. Despite losing the ability to move normally, the Prisons Service continued to detain him in conditions lacking the most basic humanitarian necessities, disregarding all human rights appeals for his release to receive treatment.
Human rights organizations stressed that Martyr Sarhan is a new victim of the slow killing policy practiced inside prisons, which has escalated unprecedentedly recently. Sources indicated that prisoners face a comprehensive system of abuse, including starvation and severe isolation, in the complete absence of the International Committee of the Red Cross's role and its prevention from carrying out its monitoring duties.
With the martyrdom of Prisoner Sarhan, the number of martyrs of the prisoner movement who have died since the start of the genocide war rises to 90 martyrs, a number that reflects the extent of the crimes committed behind bars. This brings the total number of martyrs of the prisoner movement since 1967 to 327 martyrs, including 118 prisoners who were serving life sentences, like Martyr Sarhan.
The leading bodies of the prisoners held the occupation authorities fully responsible for this crime, calling on the international community to break its silence and take effective measures to hold the occupation leaders accountable. This incident comes at a time when more than 9,400 Palestinian prisoners are held in prisons, including over 3,300 administrative detainees held without charge or legal trial.
With Sarhan's martyrdom, the number of documented martyrs of the prisoner movement since the start of the genocide crime rises to 90 martyrs.
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Death of the Prisoner Imad Sarhan in Gilboa Prison After 25 Years of Detention