NAZARETH, (PIC)-- An Israeli court on Friday turned down an appeal for the release of the Palestinian prisoner Rabee Harb who suffers from paraplegia and his condition is daily deteriorating.

The court ruling disappointed the family of Harb, who expected his release in order to treat him abroad in view of the seriousness of his condition.

The family said that Harb, who was hit with several bullets in his spine and in one of his kidneys at the hands of Israeli occupation forces on his arrest, was using a wheelchair and could not live a normal life.

A medical report on his condition said that the bullet fragments shattered his spine and also penetrated his kidney and shattered his bowels.

They asked legal and international organizations and the Red Cross to pressure the Israeli occupation authority to release Harb and allow his treatment abroad before it is too late.