Palestinian hunger-striking detainee in Israeli jails enters his 63rd day, despite deteriorating health

Occupied Palestine (QNN)- The Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said that the Palestinian detainee in Israeli jails Kayed Fasfous has entered his 63rd day of hunger strike against his administrative detention without a charge or trial.

The PPS said that Fasfous was transferred last week to an Israeli hospital from the prison of Al-Ramla Clinic, as his health has been deteriorating.

He lost over 35 kilograms of his weight, and suffers from pain all over his body, his family said while expressing serious concern over their son’s health.

The last visit by the lawyers to Kayed in the prison of Al-Ramla Clinic was two days ago, and the lawyer told Kayed’s family that their son was brought to see them while in a wheelchair, Khaled Fasfous, Kayed’s brother, said, adding that Kayed has poor visibility and inability to walk or stand.

The lawyer also told Kayed’s family that their son said he will not end his hunger strike until he is released from Israeli jails.

Khaled added the Israeli occupation prison administration practices a slow assasination towards his brother, Kayed, especially since he has not been transferred to a civil hospital or diagnosed by a specialist doctor.

Fasfous, who is a father of one, was arrested several times before, the last one was in July 2020. In 2017, he also entered a hunger strike in protest against his administrative detention in Israeli jails without a charge or trial.

32-year-old Fasfous, from Dura town in Hebron, is the longest hunger-striking prisoner among 5 others, as a around 40 Palestinian detainees started hunger strike since the start of 2021, in protest against Israel’s detention without a charge or trial.

The 5 hunger-striking prisoners are:
•Alaa Al-A’raj
•Miqdad al-Kawasma
•Hisham abu Hawash
•Rayek Bisharat
•Shadi abu Akaer

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.

The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said on Tuesday that there are 4650 Palestinian prisoners held in 23 Israeli prisons, and detention and interrogation centers, including 200 minors and 40 women.