At least 40 Palestinian prisoners have started an open-ended hunger strike, Al-Quds Association announced on Friday.
The prisoners started their hunger strike on Thursday in solidarity with hunger striker Khalil Awawdeh, who had been on hunger strike for 20 days.
Prisoners go on hunger strike in solidarity with Awawdeh and Rayan Via PIC @PalinfoEn https://t.co/kHKycyK4gf
— Palestine Info Center (@palinfoen) July 24, 2022
On Wednesday, the military court in the Israeli Ofer Prison renewed Awawdeh’s administrative detention for four months, prompting his fellow prisoners to start their hunger strike the next day.
Awawdeh, 40, from the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), was detained on December 27, 2021, and was put under administrative detention.
Khalil Awawdeh and Raed Rayan have both been on hunger strike in protest over their administrative detention, and are said to be in critical condition https://t.co/OM65fdkilW
— The New Arab (@The_NewArab) July 24, 2022
He went on hunger strike and suspended it after 111 days after he was promised to be released by the Israeli occupation authorities.
Awawdeh, who is married and the father of four children, is being incarcerated in an Israeli hospital due to his deteriorating health resulting from the severe repercussions of the hunger strike.
(MEMO, PC, Social Media)
