Abd al-Basit Muhammad Mutan, a Palestinian prisoner diagnosed with cancer, has been held in administrative detention at Ofer prison since February 2026 with no meaningful medical care. His family says they fear he will die in custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Israeli forces re-arrested Mutan on February 17, 2026, after raiding his home in the town of Burqa, east of al-Bireh. He was issued a six-month administrative detention order without charge. He had been undergoing cancer treatment when they took him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has had cancer for years. The disease has since spread to his colon and lymph nodes, a decline his family blames on the conditions and poor nutrition he endured during earlier stints in detention. Mutan has been arrested six times and spent nine years in Israeli prisons, most of that under administrative detention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His family holds the Israeli occupation directly responsible for his fate. Re-arresting a man who depends on ongoing cancer treatment is a threat to his life, they say, especially under the conditions inside Israeli prisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Twenty-six prisoners currently held by Israeli authorities have been diagnosed with cancer. None are receiving proper treatment. Prison administrators hand out painkillers and nothing more, no matter how advanced the disease or how urgent the need for hospital care. Any one of them could die at any moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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