UN team visits Bassam al-Saadi in Israel’s Ofer Prison – Middle East Monitor

The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Toh Wensland, announced yesterday evening that a delegation from an international organization visited Palestinian Islamic Jihadist leader Bassam al-Saadi at Ofer Prison in Israel.

“Today I sent a UN team to visit Sheikh Al-Sadi in Ofer Prison to follow up on the UN’s promise to maintain peace in Gaza,” Wensland said in a tweet.

He did not provide details of 61-year-old Al-Saadi’s health or prison conditions.

He went on to warn that he “reaffirmed that the ceasefire in Gaza is extremely fragile and calls on all sides to remain calm.”

Last week, the Israeli army killed a Palestinian activist, arrested Al-Saadi after attacking the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied northern West Bank. His arrest led to Israel launching a “preemptive” strike on Gaza on Friday.

An Egypt-brokered ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic Jihad movement in the Gaza Strip came into effect Sunday night after three days of Israeli attacks that killed 44 Palestinians, including 15 children. .

On Tuesday, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Tel Aviv was didn’t commit It hoped to release al-Saadi within the framework of a ceasefire agreement brokered by Egypt, but Arab and Israeli media report this was included in the negotiations.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220811-un-team-visits-bassam-al-saadi-in-israels-ofer-prison/ UN team visits Bassam al-Saadi in Israel’s Ofer Prison – Middle East Monitor