An injured Palestinian detainee was declared dead at an Israeli hospital on Sunday, as reported by Anadolu News Agency and prisoners’ rights groups.

Zahir Tahseen Raddad, 19, had been detained last month after being shot by Israeli occupation forces in the town of Seida, north of Tulkarm in the northern West Bank.

A joint statement from the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society confirmed that Raddad died at Meir Hospital in central "Israel" early Sunday.

The occupation announced the death of wounded prisoner Zahir Raddad (19) from Tulkarm. He was used as a human shield during the July 23 invasion. With his martyrdom, the number of martyr prisoners rises to 23 since October 7. pic.twitter.com/xMc8THscZo

— Addameer – الضمير (@Addameer) August 25, 2024

The statement revealed that Raddad was used as a human shield by Israeli soldiers, who placed him in front of a military vehicle during a raid on the town.

His death brings the number of Palestinian detainees who have died in Israeli prisons to 23 since October 7, 2023, according to Palestinian sources.

UN special rapporteur slams Israeli use of Palestinian as human shield

Israeli occupation soldiers have used Palestinians as shields in the occupied West Bank and Gaza during their attacks, and it is evident in videos that went viral, yet not a single instance of Israeli captives being used by the Resistance as such was recorded.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur in occupied Palestine, Francesca Albanese, expressed concerns regarding the Israeli abuse of Palestinians as human shields following the circulation of a video showing Israeli occupation soldiers tying a Palestinian civilian to the front of a military jeep in Jenin last June. 

#HumanShielding in action.
It is flabbergasting how a state born 76 years ago has managed to turn international law literally on its head.

This risks being the end of multilateralism, which for some influential member states no longer serves any relevant purpose.… https://t.co/swwjiuJYmG

— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) June 22, 2024

In a post on X, Albanese slammed the impunity by which the Israeli occupation operates against the charters of international law, saying, "It is flabbergasting how a state born 76 years ago has managed to turn international law literally on its head."

At the time, she further stated how "Israel's" actions may risk "the end of multilateralism, which for some influential member states no longer serves any relevant purpose."

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