AMMAN — News spread on social media during
the past few days that Zakaria Zubeidi, one of the six Palestinian
prisoners who was recently recaptured after
escaping Gilboa Prison, had entered
the intensive care unit in an Israeli hospital Monday night.
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However, occupation sources stressed that
Zubeidi's health is fine and that he is not hospitalized.
The news sparked wide attention among social
media users who used the hashtag #ZakariaUnderTorture to express their feelings
of anger and sadness towards what is happening. Under the hashtag, were tens of
thousands of tweets about Zubeidi.
Gabriel Zubeidi, Zakaria's brother, told
Jordan News that his brother is subjected to physical torture that necessitated
moving him to hospital three times in six days.
“Zakaria was tortured all over his body, his
health condition is very dificult and we do not know what the coming days hold
for him," Zubeidi said.
He confirmed that Zakaria was being interrogated
by military investigators. “We have no information about his condition except what
we got from his lawyer and some doctors that examined him while he was in hospital,”
Zubeidi said.
After the news spread about Zakaria’s torture,
the Israeli prison authorities issued a statement on Twitter denying that Zakaria
was taken to the hospital.
For its part, the Palestinian Prisoners Club
demanded, in a statement, to reveal Zakaria’s fate and that of his five
companions who
were recaptured.
Last week, mosques in Jenin announced that
Zakaria Zubeidi was in serious condition. Later, local residents gathered in
large numbers and headed towards the Jalameh checkpoint where they clashed with
Israeli forces. Reports also indicated that explosives were thrown at occupation
forces.
The Israeli Court in Nazareth last week held
a hearing via Zoom for the four prisoners, Zakaria Al-Zubaidi, Mahmoud
Al-Aarda, Yaqoub Qadri and Muhammad Al-Ardah, during which Zubaidi’s detention
was extended by ten days.
It was expected that the detention of the
remaining prisoners would be extended by 12 days.
The occupation court accused the prisoners of
escaping from prison and preparing to carry out operations, in a measure aimed at
adding prison time to their already long sentences.
On Sunday occupation forces announced the recapture
of the remaining two escaped prisoners, 35-year-old Ayham Kamamji and
26-year-old Munadel Infeiat, both members of Islamic Jihad, an armed Palestinian
Islamist movement.
It is worth mentioning that Zakaria Zubeidi
is the former chief of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in Jenin, a Palestinian
militant coalition responsible for settler shootings and bombings against
Israeli targets.
Zakaria is considered a symbol of the
Intifada, and was on Israel's most-wanted list for several years.
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