'Where's your America First?': US teenager stuck in Israeli jail for six months
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The autopsy report described signs of severe weight and muscle loss, including loss of muscle mass at the temples, a sunken appearance at the abdomen and “almost absent muscle mass or subcutaneous fat on trunk and extremities.”
“Autopsy findings suggest that Walid suffered from extreme, likely prolonged malnutrition as observed by his deeply cachectic state and complaints of inadequate food intake since at least December 2024,” it said.
Guardian: Palestinian teenager dies in Israeli jail after being held six months without charge
“His body was weakened due to malnutrition in the prisons in general,” Ahmad said.
APNews: A Palestinian from the West Bank is first detainee under 18 to die in Israeli prison, officials say
Walid’s lawyer, Firas al-Jabrini, said Israeli authorities denied his requests to visit his client in prison. But he says three prisoners held alongside Walid told him that he was suffering from dysentery, saying it was widespread among young Palestinians held at the facility.
They said Walid suffered from severe diarrhea, vomiting, headaches and dizziness, the lawyer said. He said they suspected the disease was spreading because of dirty water, as well as cheese and yogurt that prison guards brought in the morning and that sat out all day while detainees were fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Independent: Palestinian teen ‘likely died from starvation in Israeli prison’
- 17-year-old Palestinian, Walid Ahmad, likely died from starvation in an Israeli prison, according to a medical report by an Israeli doctor who observed the autopsy.
- Ahmad, held for six months without charge, showed signs of extreme malnutrition, colitis, and scabies.
- He had reportedly complained of inadequate food since December.
It does appear in western media and does mention the starvation and horrors. The problem is that the people in power in the west, the ones who could try to effect some change in the situation, are content to collect their money and ignore the suffering and death.