Palestinian groups say top Gaza surgeon died in Israeli custody

Doctor Adnan Ahmed Atiya al-Barsh died at the Israeli-run Ofer prison in the occupied West Bank last month, the Palestinian Prisoners Affairs Committee and the Palestinian Prisoners Club said in a joint statement. Contacted by AFP about the reported death in custody, the Israeli army said: "We are currently not aware of such (an) incident." Barsh, 50, had been arrested with a group of other doctors last December at Al-Awda Hospital near the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. He died on April 19...