Palestinian detainee in Israeli jails ends his hunger strike after 33 days

Occupied Palestine (QNN)- Palestinian detainee in Israeli jails, Ahmad Hamamra broke his hunger strike on Wednesday, which continued for 33 days.

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and ex-Detainees’ Affairs said that Ahmad Hamamra broke his hunger strike yesterday after 33 days, following reaching an agreement with the Israeli occupation authorities to release him on February 14, 2022.

Ahmad Hamamra’s health condition has been deteriorating as he suffers from health problems in the colon and the stomach, and he lost 17 kilograms of his weight.

There are now another 6 hunger-striking prisoners in the Israeli jails, as they have entered the hunger strike in protest of their unfair administrative detention in Israeli jails without a charge or trial.

The 6 hunger-striking prisoners are:

•Kayed Fasfous, the longest hunger-striking prisoner, as he enters today the 50th day
•Alaa Al-A’raj
•Miqdad al-Kawasma
•Hisham abu Hawash
•Rayek Bisharat
•Shadi abu Akaer

Around 40 Palestinian detainees started hunger strike since the start of 2021, in protest against Israel’s detention without a charge or trial.

Administrative detention is illegal under international law, however, the occupation state uses it to repress the Palestinian people.

‘Israel’ routinely uses administrative detention and has, over the years, placed thousands of Palestinians behind bars for periods ranging from several months to several years, without charging them, without telling them what they are accused of, and without disclosing the alleged evidence to them or to their lawyers.

Thus, the hunger strike is a method of a non-violent resistance which the prisoners use to protect their lives and their fundamental rights and a response to the occupation racist policies which they face in the prisons.

There are 4,850 Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli jails, among the prisoners are 540 administrative detainees held without charge or trial, 225 child prisoners and 41 female prisoners.

In June only, 615 Palestinians, including 92 minors and 24 women, were detained by Israeli occupation, while 100 administrative detention orders were issued.

In 2020 only, the Israeli occupation forces arrested 4,634 Palestinians, among them 543 children and 128 women, in addition to issuing 1,114 administrative detention orders.

By the end of March 2021, the number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees reached 4,450, including 37 women, 140 children, and 440 administrative detainees.

By the end of May 2021, the number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails reached 4,277 Palestinians, including 435 administrative detainees.

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