According to an initial autopsy, Banat was beaten on the head, chest, neck, legs and hands, with less than an hour elapsing between his arrest and his death. Banat’s family accused the PA ...

Nizar Banat, a well-known Palestinian critic of the Palestinian Authority (PA) with a large social media following, died in Palestinian police custody in Hebron in June 2021.

Banat, who was 42, was spending the night at his cousin's home in a part of Hebron under Israeli security control when it was raided by Preventive Security Service officers.

The family of a Palestinian activist who died in the custody of Palestinian security forces has submitted a case to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Nizar Banat, an outspoken critic of the ...

Banat was arrested by at least 25 officers, who raided his home in the town of Dura in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron at 3.30am on Thursday. He was declared dead shortly afterwards.

Banat was arrested by at least 25 officers, who raided his home in the town of Dura in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, at 3.30am on Thursday. He was declared dead shortly afterward.

Nizar Banat, an outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority (PA), was beaten on the head and body during a raid in June 2021 in the occupied West Bank.

Banat, who was 42, was spending the night at his cousin's home in a part of Hebron under Israeli security control when it was raided by Preventive Security Service officers.