Current Edition About Subscribe The Jerusalem Center

Daily Alert Archive

Every Daily Alert Since 2002

Search

Search more than 90,000 news items by topic, author, or source.
Use " " to search for multiple words and phrases.

Trending Topics

July 17, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/882399.html

Palestinian Human Rights Groups Call for Probe of Hamas over Prisoners' Deaths

[AP/Ha'aretz] Palestinian human rights groups on Monday called for an investigation into the deaths of at least two Palestinians who they said were illegally detained and tortured by Hamas in Gaza. Mahir Abu Dhalfa , 45, was nabbed last week by Hamas' Executive Force in Gaza City. On Monday, his body was brought to Shifa Hospital with signs of suffocation, Palestinian medical officials said. Hamas promised amnesty for its vanquished Fatah rivals in Gaza, but since then, at least nine Fatah loyalists have been killed, according to local human rights workers.

View the full edition of Daily Alert

Back to Archive

Subscribe to Daily Alert: