The General Political Commissioner, spokesperson for the Palestinian security services Talal Dweikat said Saturday that the investigation committee into the circumstances of the killing of the Palestinian activist Nizar Banat has begun. He stressed that the committee will complete its work as soon as possible and the results will be announced upon completion.

In an interview with Voice of Palestine, Dweikat stressed that the government will reveal the circumstances of Banat’s death in all transparency and credibility, adding that the file will be referred to the judicial authorities if the death was deliberate.

Thursday, the Governor of Hebron Jibrin al-Bakri announced the death of the Palestinian political and human rights activist Nizar Banat during his arrested by the Palestinian security.

The governor said in a press statement that the Palestinian security forces arrested Banat after the Public Prosecution ordered the arrest of in the early hours of Thursday morning. During the arrest, his health deteriorated and he was transferred to the Hebron Governmental Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

According to one of Banat's relatives "a security force raided his house at 3:30 am, and he was severely beaten by about 20 soldiers." He added that Banat was alive and shouting when he got arrested.