Arab League Condemns Death of Palestinian Detainee, Calls for International Probe

 The Arab League condemned the death of Palestinian detainee Abdel Rahman Sufyan Mohammed Al-Sabateen, 21, from the town of Husan near Bethlehem, who died in an Israeli hospital on December 9 after what it described as “deliberate medical neglect” and harsh detention conditions.

The League’s Department of Palestine and Occupied Arab Territories said Al-Sabateen is the sixth Palestinian prisoner to die in Israeli custody in 2025, calling his death “a new crime” that reflects systematic violations against Palestinian detainees and a “blatant breach” of the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions.

It said Israel’s alleged policy of withholding proper medical care for thousands of detainees — including children, women, and patients — amounts to “slow killing” and prohibited ill-treatment.

The Arab League urged the international community and humanitarian bodies, particularly the International Committee of the Red Cross, to pressure Israel to release Al-Sabateen’s body to his family. It also called on the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor to include the case in ongoing investigations into alleged war crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories.