Wasfi Kabha

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Wasfi Kabha
Minister of Prisoners' Affairs of the Palestinian National Authority
In office
March 2006 – March 2007
Preceded by?
Succeeded byAshraf al-Ajrami
Minister of State in Palestinian National Unity Government
Assumed office
March 2007
Personal details
Born1958/9
DiedNovember 2021
Barta'a
NationalityPalestinian

Wasfi Kabha (

Palestinian National Unity Government of March 2007
.

After the

replaced by Ashraf al-Ajrami
.

Israeli detention

Wasfi Kabha was kidnapped by the Israeli authorities in June 2006, along with other Hamas ministers and parliament members in a clampdown against their organization. During his eleven-day detainment he claimed being abused by interrogators.[2]

On 21 May 2015, he was released by the Israeli authorities after spending 10 months in administrative detention.[1]

Death

Kabha died of complications from COVID-19 in Barta'a in November 2021, at the age of 69.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Israel releases ex-minister after 10 months in prison Archived 2015-05-28 at the Wayback Machine. The Middle East Monitor, 22 May 2015
  2. ^ Detainees accuse Israel of abuse. BBC News, 2 August 2006
  3. ^ "Palestinians bid farewell to former Minister of Prisoners Wasfi Qabha".