Palestinian Prisoner's Cancer Death Sparks Protests in Gaza, West Bank

Palestinians protested across the Gaza Strip over the death of Maysara Abu Hamdieh from untreated cancer in Israeli custody, demanding a response from leaders in Ramallah and Gaza, reports Mohammed Suliman.
Members of the Palestinian security forces carry the body of Maysara Abu Hamdeya during his funeral in the West Bank city of Hebron April 4, 2013. Thousands of mourners turned out on Thursday for the funerals of three Palestinians, including two teenagers killed by Israeli army gunfire in some of the worst violence in the occupied West Bank in years. The upsurge in unrest was triggered on Tuesday by the death of Hamdeya, a 64-year-old prisoner serving a life term in an Israeli jail and suffering from cancer
Members of the Palestinian security forces carry the body of Maysara Abu Hamdeya during his funeral in the West Bank city of Hebron April 4, 2013. - REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
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The death of Palestinian prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdieh, 64, in the Israeli prison of Eshel on the morning of Tuesday, April 2, sparked unrest and large-scale protests in cities across the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

Abu Hamdieh, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2002, died of esophageal cancer, which spread to his neck and spinal cord and which, according to his lawyer, led to the loss of his voice and a considerable weight loss. Abu Hamdieh died three days after being transferred to Soroka hospital in Beer Sheva.

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