Senior Qassam commander Hassan Salama in 'extremely serious' condition after being shot inside Israeli prison cell Prominent Palestinian prisoner and commander of the Az al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hassan Salama, is in an "extremely critical" health condition after being shot nine times by Israeli Israeli forces inside his prison cell, according to statements released on Monday by his fiancee, Palestinian writer Gofarn al-Zamil. The shooting attack happened at the end of September, at the same time as the attack on the Salama cell of the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who recorded himself making explicit death threats against the shackled prisoner, telling the shackled prisoner, "I want to kill you. I want to execute you. "Photographs and reports published by the Palestinian prisoners' media office confirm that Salama was subjected to severe physical assault, live fire, deliberate medical neglect and prolonged starvation, which left him fighting for his life behind bars. Born in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in Gaza to a family that was ethnically cleansed from al-Khaimah during the 1948 Nakba, Salama was a prominent figure in the first intifada before receiving military training abroad. After the assassination of Hamas leader Yahya Ayash in 1996, Salama coordinated a wave of reprisals in Jerusalem and Ashkelon, which led to his capture in Hebron that year and to a sentence of 48 life sentences - the third longest imposed on any Palestinian detainee. He is serving 48 life sentences for his alleged involvement in the series of bus bombings in Jerusalem and Ashkelon in 1996. Salama, who spent 13 consecutive years in solitary confinement before a mass hunger strike in 2012, remains one of the most high-profile prisoners whose release Palestinian resistance factions have consistently demanded in exchange deals.

Senior Qassam commander Hassan Salama in 'extremely serious' condition after being shot inside Israeli prison cell Prominent Palestinian prisoner and commander of the Az al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hassan Salama, is in an "extremely critical" health condition after being shot nine times by Israeli Israeli forces inside his prison cell, according to statements released on Monday by his fiancee, Palestinian writer Gofarn al-Zamil. The shooting attack happened at the end of September, at the same time as the attack on the Salama cell of the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who recorded himself making explicit death threats against the shackled prisoner, telling the shackled prisoner, "I want to kill you. I want to execute you. "Photographs and reports published by the Palestinian prisoners' media office confirm that Salama was subjected to severe physical assault, live fire, deliberate medical neglect and prolonged starvation, which left him fighting for his life behind bars. Born in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in Gaza to a family that was ethnically cleansed from al-Khaimah during the 1948 Nakba, Salama was a prominent figure in the first intifada before receiving military training abroad. After the assassination of Hamas leader Yahya Ayash in 1996, Salama coordinated a wave of reprisals in Jerusalem and Ashkelon, which led to his capture in Hebron that year and to a sentence of 48 life sentences - the third longest imposed on any Palestinian detainee. He is serving 48 life sentences for his alleged involvement in the series of bus bombings in Jerusalem and Ashkelon in 1996. Salama, who spent 13 consecutive years in solitary confinement before a mass hunger strike in 2012, remains one of the most high-profile prisoners whose release Palestinian resistance factions have consistently demanded in exchange deals.