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Sun 03 Sep 2023 6:52 pm - Jerusalem Time
4 Detainees Continue Hunger Strike Amid Difficult Health Conditions
The Prisoners Club reported, this evening, Sunday, that 4 detainees are continuing their hunger strike amid difficult health conditions.
According to the Prisoners’ Club statement, the detainee Kayed Al-Fasfous (34 years) from the city of Dura has been on strike for (32) days, and he has been detained since May 2, 2023. He is a former prisoner who spent about (7) years in the occupation prisons. He has faced arrest since 2007, and he had gone on a hunger strike at the end of May and the beginning of last June, which lasted for 9 days, noting that he is married and the father of a child, and he also went on a strike previously in 2021 against his administrative detention, and it lasted for (131) days, as well In 2019, noting that all of his brothers were arrested, and he is being held in the cells of (Negev) prison.
While the detainee, Engineer Sultan Khallouf (42 years old), from the town of Burqin / Jenin, has been detained for (32) days, since the moment of his arrest on 3/8/2023, an administrative detention order was issued against him for a period of four months, noting that he is a former prisoner who spent years In the occupation prisons, he went on a hunger strike in 2019, which lasted for (67) days, in refusal of his administrative detention, as the occupation continues to detain him in the cells of (Al-Jalama) detention center.
As for the detainee, Abd al-Rahman Iyad Baraka (24 years), from Aqabat Jabr camp / Ariha, he has been on hunger strike for 25 days, and he has been detained since 4/30/2023, and he is being held in the cells of (Raymond) prison.
The detainee, Maher al-Akhras (52 years), from the town of Silat al-Dhahr / Jenin, announced his strike at the moment of his arrest 12 days ago. He is a former prisoner who spent five years in the occupation prisons, the last of which was in 2020, during which he embarked on an open hunger strike in refusal. His administrative detention lasted for 103 days, and he is married and the father of six children, noting that he is being held in the cells of (Al-Jalameh) detention center.
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4 Detainees Continue Hunger Strike Amid Difficult Health Conditions