Current sectionIsrael NewsTwilight ZoneShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeMohammed Sliman with his parents at Shaare Zedek Medical Center this week. He was taken into detention in February, and his parents had not seen him standing on his own feet since. Credit: Alex LevacA healthy Palestinian 16-year-old was detained by the Israeli military for 'throwing objects.' Now he's hospitalized with possible brain damage after two open-heart surgeries and the partial amputation of one of his legs – all because he was denied proper medical treatment in prisonGideon Levyand Alex Levac08:27 AM • August 29 2026 IDTMohammed Sliman's leg was amputated above the knee on his 16th birthday. The operation was performed on August 13, but the teenager still doesn't know what happened. He is currently hospitalized in the ICU of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department in Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center, and has only now begun to respond to his surroundings. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel-PalestinePalestiniansIsrael occupationIDFWest BankCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesWest BankIDF VideoGaza Militias Iran RegimeNetanyahu CampaignOfer WinterSuper El NiñoPollHaQuizHaaretz Podcast'I've Never Seen Such Medical Neglect': A Teen's Ordeal in Israeli PrisonThey're Walking Into Hostile Territory to Change Israeli Minds. Can They?Israel's Leaders Are Fully Embracing the Role of the VillainVisa, Mastercard Launch Payments in Syria After U.S. Lifts Terror DesignationIRGC Navy Says It Has 'Full Control' Over Strait of HormuzRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With Israel'Israel Is Sending Militias to Commit War Crimes – and I Have to Protect Them'Israeli Court Acquits Man of Assaulting Nun in Jerusalem's Old CityBeing Israeli Abroad Has Become Embarrassing. You Don't Talk About ItPoll: Likud Sinks to 19 Seats as New Right-wing Party Falls Below ThresholdJewish Space Lasers? Israel Wants 'Rods From God'