Israeli prison guards ‘shot prominent Palestinian detainees nine times’

Israeli prison guards ‘shot prominent Palestinian detainees nine times’

Israeli prison guards shot and wounded prominent Palestinian detainee Hassan Salameh nine times last month, his fiancee and a prisoners' rights group have said. The assault on Salameh, 55, came after National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir stormed his cell and filmed himself threatening to kill him. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), which monitors the conditions of Palestinian detainees, said it received information about the assault following a visit to Salameh by a lawyer on Monday. Read more: Israeli prison guards ‘shot prominent Palestinian detainees nine times’ A Palestinian boy holds a framed image of Hassan Salameh during a protest against the Israeli death penalty law for Palestinians in Gaza City 31 March (Reuters/Dawoud Abu Alkas)

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