The Commission of Prisoners' Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club confirmed, on Thursday evening, the death of prisoner Islam Al-Sarsawi (42 years old) from the Shuja'iyya neighborhood in Gaza, who was arrested during the recent storming of Al-Shifa Hospital, as a result of being subjected to torture inside the (Sde Teiman) camp. He is one of dozens who died in the occupation's prisons and camps, and the occupation continues to conceal their identities. According to the data that has been verified, Al-Sarsawi died four months ago, until we obtained confirmed information about his fate today.

The Commission and the Club explained in a joint statement that the prisoner Al-Sarsawi works as an officer in the police force, and was arrested with dozens of others from inside Al-Shifa Hospital, and their fate or places of detention were not revealed at the time, as a result of the crime of enforced disappearance.

The Commission and the Club stated that with the death of the prisoner Sarsawi, the number of dead from prisoner movement since 1967 has risen to (257), including (20) prisoners who died since the beginning of the war of extermination, and whose identities have been announced, in addition to dozens of detainees in Gaza who were martyred, and the occupation continues to conceal their identities.

It is noteworthy that the number of prisoners in the occupation prisons has reached more than (9900), and this data does not include all detainees from Gaza.