'They took a healthy kid and returned him dead': Bedouin dies in Israeli custody with signs of torture

'They took a healthy kid and returned him dead': Bedouin dies in Israeli custody with signs of torture Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 06/22/2026 - 09:45 Family and lawyers say they found severe bruising on 21-year-old's body after he died at Barzilai Hospital following weeks in Shin Bet detention Saber Amitel, 21, died on 20 June after suspected torture in Israeli jail (Haaretz) Off A Bedouin Israeli man held by the Shin Bet on suspicion of arms smuggling has died in hospital after being found unconscious in his cell at a southern Israeli prison, with his family and lawyers saying they found severe bruising on his body. According to a Haaretz report, Saber Amitel, 21, was arrested earlier this month and taken to Shikma prison in Ashkelon, where he was denied access to a lawyer. Police told his attorneys and family that he had attempted to take his own life.