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Hassan Kashallah, a resident of Rahat, was arrested after the Shin Bet alleged he was an ISIS member – a claim he denied. He remained in detention despite warnings that, as a discharged soldier held with security prisoners, he was at risk and not receiving necessary medical care

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A demobilized soldier from the Bedouin city of Rahat who was put under administrative detention nine months ago on suspicion of being a member of the Islamic State died in Gilboa Prison in January. The state is refusing to release his body to his family or to provide information regarding the circumstances of his death.