Palestinian captive martyred in jail

A Palestinian captive was martyred in an Israeli jail due to the regime's medical negligence, the Waed society for the defence of the captives revealed on Friday.

47-year-old Fadil 'Udah Shahin from the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City was pronounced dead on Friday by the Israeli prison service.

The victim's wife Basima said that her husband suffered from high blood pressure, diabetes and arterial embolism. He needed an operation but had been denied the treatment by the Israeli prison services, his wife said.

Shahin was kidnapped on 15 April 2004 and was sentenced to 8 years and 5 months. He had served four years behind Zionist regime's bars.