Maysara Abu Hamdiya

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Maysara Ahmed Mohammed Abu Hamdia
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Fighter
In office
1970–2013
Personal details
Born1948
Hebron, Palestine
Died2 April 2013 (aged 65)
Soroka jail, Beersheba, Israel
Political partyFatah
OccupationFighter, Colonel

Maysara Ahmed Mohammed Abu Hamdia (1948 - April 2, میَّسرہ ابو حامدیہ) (2013) was a fighter in the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Militancy

He joined the

Israeli forces that invaded Lebanon
.

He mobilized attacks against the Israeli presence in the

Preventive Security Apparatus of the Palestinian Authority as a Colonel.[1] After the beginning of the Second Intifada in September 2000, he was arrested for attempted murder. He was given a life sentence (99 years according to Israeli Military Law).[2]

In August of 2012, Abu Hamdia complained of general weakness, sore throat and pain in his joints.

Israeli Prison Authority
(IPS) left him in the cell.

The prisoners officially demanded the IPS to transfer Abu Hamdia to a hospital, but the IPS said it was too late, and Abu Hamdia had only days to live. A week prior to his death, the authorities transferred him to

Be'er Sheva. They did another biopsy and declared for the first time that he had throat cancer. He received only two chemotherapy sessions and died on Tuesday, April 2 at 6 am. An autopsy was performed on his body, and the Israeli government declared that cancer
had spread throughout his body. They refused to release his medical records and the results of the medical tests.

Legacy

Abu Hamdia's importance to Palestinian liberation was reflected in the clashes that spread inside the prisons and the Israeli use of force to subdue Palestinian prisoners after his death.[4] He was promoted to General and soon after to Major General by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007. A formal military funeral was held after his death.[5]

Upon his death,

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References

  1. ^ a b "Obituary: Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh (1949 – 2013)". 2 April 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  2. ^ Israeli Military Order; Brown 2003, p. 47
  3. ^ "Over 200 Palestinians have died in Israeli gulags". displacedpalestinians.wordpress.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  4. ^ Sherwood, Harriet (2 April 2013). "Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails stage hunger strike after inmate dies". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Miller, Anna Lekas (4 April 2013). "Palestinians Protest Abu Hamdiyeh's Death With Strikes and Demonstrations". The Daily Beast.
  6. ^ "Protests as Palestinian death-toll mounts". www.jfjfp.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Hebron clashes follow Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh funeral". BBC Online. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  8. The Huffington Post
    . Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Minister: the autopsy shows Israel neglected prisoner". maannews.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
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