Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli jails enter open-ended hunger strike in solidarity with fellow inmate
At least 20 Palestinian political prisoners, held in Israeli jails, entered on Thursday an open-ended hunger strike in solidarity with their fellow inmate, Al-Ghadanfar Abu Atwan.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) said at least 20 prisoners, held in Ofer, Negev, and Ashkelon prisons, have entered an open-ended hunger strike in solidarity with Al-Ghadanfar Abu Atwan, who has entered today the 65th day of his hunger strike in protest against his administrative detention without charge or trial by Israeli occupation.
On Sunday, Abu Atwan announced that he would now stop drinking water in protest against Israel’s ignoring of his demands.
28-year-old Abu Atwan, from Dora in occupied Hebron, began his strike on 5 May and has refused all forms of food or supplements since.
Due to the deterioration in his health, he has been admitted to the Kaplan Medical Centre, which is in the Israeli prison where he was being detained. However, the Israeli occupation authorities continue to hold him and refuse to release him.
Holding Abu Atwan in the hospital inside its prisons aims at protecting the Israeli Shin Bet and Prison Service from any accountability if anything happened to Abu Atwan, while, at the same time, detain him inside an Israeli hospital.
Israeli occupation authorities have also rejected to move him to a Palestinian hospital.
Abu Atwan’s health is seriously deteriorating as doctors told him yesterday he will not survive without water or food as his body is shutting down.
Today is the 65th day of hunger and water strike for the Palestinian prisoner Ghadanfar Abu Atwan – his health has been witnessing a serious deterioration and he might lose his life any moment! He demands one thing: an end to his administrative detention by 'Israel' pic.twitter.com/8M8SQdtCFW
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 8, 2021
Letter written by the Palestinian prisoner Ghadanfar Abu Atwan who has been on hunger strike for more than 61 days in protest of his administrative detention, without a charge or trial, by the Israeli occupation authorities. #FreePalaestine pic.twitter.com/A6zUdge80D
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 4, 2021
