Issa Qaraqeā, head of the Detaineesā Committee at the Palestinian Authority, stated that detainee Raed Abdul-Salaam al-Jaābari, 37, died after being severely and repeatedly tortured by Israeli interrogators.Qaraqeā accused Israel of committing two main crimes against al-Jaābari by alleging he hanged himself in his cell, and by trying to falsify and hide the leading cause of death, which is extreme and brutal torture.
Talking at a press conference from the mourning house of al-Jaābari in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, Qaraqeā said the autopsy, conducted at the forensic center in Abu Dis, near occupied Jerusalem, concluded that al-Jaābari was tortured to death.
He said the autopsy proved that al-Jaābari suffered brain hemorrhage, and that his body showed clear signs of torture, adding that Israeli claims which allege that the slain detainee ācommitted suicide by hanging himselfā are false and evident fabrications, especially since his neck does not show any signs of hanging.
āThe autopsy was supposed to be carried out Wednesday, but it was conducted today at the Abu Kabeer Forensic Center, while Dr. Saber al-āAloul, head of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, attended the autopsy but Israel prevented him from making any statements,’ Qaraqeā said.
āAfter we received the body of al-Jaābari, we moved him to the Forensic Center in Abu Dis. All reports clearly show al-Jaābari was tortured to death; he was brutally and savagely tortured by the Israeli interrogators,’ he added. āThe main cause of death is repeated blows to the head and face, leading to hemorrhage, eventually resulting in his death.
Raed Abdul-Salam al-Jaābari died on September 9, 2014.
He worked as a car mechanic technician; he is a married father of five children.
He was first kidnapped and arrested by Israeli soldiers on July 26, 2014, after a traffic accident Israel alleged that, during which, he intentionally rammed a settler.
An Israeli court ordered his release, on an 8000 NIS bail, but the Israeli prosecution filed an appeal, keeping al-Jaābari held at Ofer prison.
On September 3, he was moved to the Eshil Israeli prison, and was placed into solitary confinement. He was then moved to the Soroka Medical Center where he died, on Tuesday.






