Israeli army units in the West Bank were placed on high alert in anticipation of Monday’s funeral for a 30-year old Palestinian man who died while in Israeli custody and apparently undergoing lengthy interrogation. Arafat Jaradat suffered cardiac arrest at Meggido prison on Saturday. His body was autopsied by Israeli authorities who allowed family and representatives of the Palestinian Authority to be present. Israel claims Jaradat was examined by a physician during his interrogation and no physical problems were evident. Israeli authorities say the post-mortem proved the prisoner was not mistreated while the Palestinian minister for detainee affairs charged that the autopsy revealed numerous broken bones and other proof of torture. Nevertheless, security officials are anticipating violence at the funeral in part because of the ongoing but unrelated hunger strike at a different prison and the one-day sympathy strike by 4,000 Palestinian prisoners. Palestinian officials have called for an independent international investigation into Israel’s treatment of prisoners.