The Israeli army announced on Tuesday that a Yas’ur-type air force helicopter crash-landed in the Negev desert, near the southern area of Beit Kama. The emergency landing resulted from a fire in the aircraft’s engine due to a technical malfunction. No casualties were reported.
Palestinian detainee Sami Abu Diak has died in Israeli prison, a local NGO said Tuesday, blaming the death on medical negligence. “Sami Abu Diak, 37, died in Assaf Harofeh medical center where he was transferred after his health has deteriorated,” the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a statement. Abu Diak, ...