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<article data-history-node-id="423317" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-detainees-face-systematic-starvation-megiddo-prison" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-detainees-face-systematic-starvation-megiddo-prison" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Palestinian detainees face 'systematic starvation' at Megiddo Prison</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A Palestinian prisoner advocacy group&nbsp;has reported that Palestinian detainees at the Israeli Megiddo Prison are facing "systematic starvation" and beatings by Israeli prison authorities.</p> <p>The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs reported that&nbsp;Fadi Ibrahim Shami, 24, from Nablus, has lost 22 kilograms since his detention on May 11, 2023.</p> <p>Furthermore, two teenaged detainees, 15-year-old Qais Nasser Shehadeh and 17-year-old Hamzeh Muheisen have endured multiple beatings during their detentions.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate reports that 58-year-old Palestinian journalist Ali al-Samoudi is at risk of death due to medical neglect in Israeli custody.</p> <p>“Samoudi suffers from chronic illnesses and requires ongoing medical care,” the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said in a statement. “The continued medical neglect in the occupation’s prisons puts his life at serious risk.”</p> </div> </div> </article>