Palestinian prisoners’ affairs groups have accused Israel of killing a Palestinian detainee in an Israeli jail, Anadolu Agency reports.

The Israeli Prison Services said it will look into the circumstances of the detainee’s death, which took place in Meggido prison.

In a joint statement cited by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said Israel assassinated detainee Abdul Rahman Bassem Al-Bahsh, 23, from the city of Nablus.

The statement said Al-Bahsh was detained on May 31, 2022 and sentenced to 35 months. It added that the number of Palestinians who have died in Israeli prisons since Oct 7 has risen to seven.