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A Palestinian child died in Israeli custody on Sunday, the first recorded case of a Palestinian child’s death in Israeli detention in history, according to the group Defense for Children International – Palestine.
Walid Khaled Abdullah Ahmad’s family was notified of his death by the Palestinian Authority prisoners’ affairs committee, without details surrounding the circumstances of his death. The committee told the family that Walid had scabies and an intestinal infection.
The 17-year-old, who was held in Megiddo prison located in northern Israel, was “walking in the prison yard, became dizzy, collapsed and hit his head on a railing,” DCIP reported.
Other child prisoners cried out for help from Israeli prison guards, but none responded. Walid’s fellow prisoners carried him to a gate, where the guards took him.
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