An activist group on Sunday accused Israeli security forces of torturing a Palestinian arrested on suspicion of leading a West Bank bomb attack that killed an Israeli teenager.
Israeli police and the Shin Bet domestic security agency late on Saturday said they had arrested three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine weeks ago for the August 23 bombing.
The explosion near a spring close to the Jewish settlement of Dolev, north-east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, killed Rina Shnerb, 17, and wounded her father and brother.
Shin Bet identified the cell leader as Samer Al Arbeed. It said the group involved "was preparing other attacks when the arrests occurred, notably gun attacks and a kidnapping".
On Sunday, Palestinian prisoner support group Addameer said that Arbeed was taken to hospital after suffering a "serious health deterioration due to torture and ill-treatment during interrogations."
Addameer said Mr Al Arbeed, 44, was "harshly beaten" by the Israeli police who arrested him.
Shin Bet investigators "continued using torture and ill-treatment", the activist group said.
Mr Al Arbeed suffered broken ribs and "severe kidney failure", his lawyer told Addameer.
Police refused to comment on the nature of his arrest, while Shin Bet claimed that during his interrogation he said "he did not feel well".
"In accordance with procedures, he was transferred to medical examination and care at a hospital," the security agency said.
Shin Bet refused to provide further details because "the investigation of the terror cell was still ongoing".
Palestinian Health Minister Mai Al Kaila appealed to international organisations to "intervene to save the prisoner".
The Palestinian Prisoners Club called the incident "a crime authorised by the judiciary".
The bombing attack perplexed Israeli security agencies because it involved a hidden bomb, a tactic rarely used by Palestinian militants in the West Bank.
In the West Bank, where 7,000 Israeli settlers live among over 2.5 Palestinians, Palestinian attackers often strike Israeli settlers and soldiers by stabbing, ramming with cars or drive-by shootings.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on August 26 ordered hundreds of new settler homes to be built near the site of the bomb attack.
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How to improve Arabic reading in early years
One 45-minute class per week in Standard Arabic is not sufficient
The goal should be for grade 1 and 2 students to become fluent readers
Subjects like technology, social studies, science can be taught in later grades
Grade 1 curricula should include oral instruction in Standard Arabic
First graders must regularly practice individual letters and combinations
Time should be slotted in class to read longer passages in early grades
Improve the appearance of textbooks
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Systematic learning of Standard Arabic grammar
Terror attacks in Paris, November 13, 2015
- At 9.16pm, three suicide attackers killed one person outside the Atade de France during a foootball match between France and Germany
- At 9.25pm, three attackers opened fire on restaurants and cafes over 20 minutes, killing 39 people
- Shortly after 9.40pm, three other attackers launched a three-hour raid on the Bataclan, in which 1,500 people had gathered to watch a rock concert. In total, 90 people were killed
- Salah Abdeslam, the only survivor of the terrorists, did not directly participate in the attacks, thought to be due to a technical glitch in his suicide vest
- He fled to Belgium and was involved in attacks on Brussels in March 2016. He is serving a life sentence in France
