The family of imprisoned Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti revealed that he was shot in the leg by an Israeli prison guard with a rubber-coated bullet while in custody.
In a statement posted on Facebook, Fadwa Barghouti, his wife, said that a prison guard shot Barghouti in the leg last week, causing bleeding and a painful injury. She described the incident as part of what she called a pattern of ongoing assaults against him.
Barghouti’s son, Arab Barghouti, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that the incident occurred at Ganot Prison in Israel’s Negev region and said his father had not received medical treatment for the injury.
According to the family, they learned of the alleged incident through Barghouti’s lawyer, Avigdor Feldman, who said in a letter to the Israel Prison Service that his client had reported being shot in the leg during a recent prison visit.
The Israel Prison Service rejected the allegations, describing them as “false and baseless.” It said its personnel operate in accordance with Israeli law and under judicial oversight.
