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Press Release
Ministry of Detainee Affairs
04/07/2012
Gaza Minister of Detainee Affairs Dr Attallah Abu Sebah expresses his condolences to the prisoner Mohammed Abda on the
death of his mother, after she was forced by the occupation forces to wait for a long time at the Qalandia checkpoint.
Dr Abu Sebah said that the death of Mohammed Abda’s mother at Qalandya checkpoint while she was returning home from
visiting her son is a typical example of the suffering prisoners’ relatives are subjected to. He pointed out that the
occupation forbids the people of Gaza Strip from visiting their relatives in Israeli jails, despite the ‘Al Karameh
Agreement’ that was signed between the High Committee of the Leadership of the Hunger Strike and the Israeli
authorities, and sponsored by Egypt that included a point of reactivating the visits program for the Gaza Strip
families.
Dr Abu Sebah added that the Israeli occupation does its best to aggravate the prisoners and their relatives, and to
break their will. Abu Sebah demanded human rights and humanitarian organisations to put pressure on Israel to the
facilitate the family visits. He also demanded that Egypt put pressure on Israel to implement all of the the points of
the ‘Al Karameh Agreement.’
Mohammed Abda was arrested by the Israeli Occupation Authorities during Alaqsa Intifada 2001. He was sentenced to 20
years in prison.
Translation by Mukarram AbuAlouf
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