The family of 24-year-old Ward Dar Sharif, from Jenin refugee camp, is appealing for urgent action to save his life after he was diagnosed with cancer while in Israeli detention. Despite his deteriorating health, prison authorities have repeatedly denied him access to proper treatment, offering only painkillers as his condition worsens.

Ward was arrested in September 2023 after being shot in the leg, and just weeks later doctors confirmed he was suffering from kidney cancer. Surgery was carried out to remove part of his kidney, but he was sent back to Megiddo Prison the very next day, still in critical condition. His father has since received alarming reports of his son’s suffering, warning that continued neglect amounts to a slow execution inside prison walls.

Testimonies gathered from detainees across various prisons describe a grim reality of medical neglect, humiliation, and daily raids. Families say prisoners are starved, beaten, and denied the most basic care. Since October 2023, several detainees have already died in custody under conditions described by rights groups as systematic torture and deliberate medical deprivation.

Today, more than 10,000 Palestinians remain behind bars, including women and children, with record numbers held without charge under administrative detention. The case of Ward Dar Sharif is not an isolated incident but part of a broader pattern that leaves thousands of prisoners vulnerable to slow suffering and death, their families left to beg the world not to look away.