Ramallah, Palestine (Antara/WAFA-OANA) - Palestinian prisoner in Israeli prisons Yaser Hamed Eshtayyeh (36) was found dead on Friday in the cell where he has been incarcerated, according to the Palestinian Prisoner?s Society (PPS).

Eshtayyeh, who comes from the village of Tell in the occupied West Bank, was serving a life sentence in Israeli jails after he was convicted of criminal charges in 2009.

No further details were available about the reasons behind his death.

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