Palestinian prisoner Abu Hamdiya dies in Israeli jail

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Palestinian prisoner Maisara Abu Hamdiya has passed away Tuesday morning in the Israeli jail of Soroka in Beersheba after his health condition reached a life-threatening stage.Director of the Palestinian prisoner society confirmed the death of Abu Hamidya, a cancer patient, in the infirmary of Soroka jail, and held the Israeli regime fully responsible for his death.Abu Hamdiya, aged 65, was a high-ranking officer for the Palestinian authority preventive security before his arrest by the Israeli occupation forces on May 28, 2002 when they invaded the West Bank and destroyed some PA headquarters.He was sentenced then to life in prison on allegation of his activities against Israel during the intifada and killing two Israelis.On Monday, liberated prisoner Ayman Sharawna had stated that prisoner Maisara Abu Hamdiya was struggling against a serious illness in Soroka infirmary while his hands and feet were shackled.Sharawna appealed in a sit-in held in solidarity with the prisoners outside the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza to urgently intervene to save the life of the prisoner./129