The Palestinian Prisoner Club said on Sunday that the hunger striking prisoner Ghadhanfar Abu Atwan announced he would refrain from drinking drink water in protest at the Israeli refusal to respond to his demands to end his administrative detention.
Abu Atwan continues his hunger strike for the 61st consecutive day amid warnings of the deterioration of his health.
The club stated in a press statement that Abu Atwan is facing a very serious health situation as he is being held in the Israeli Kaplan Hospital.
It added “The goal of the Israeli occupation by procrastinating in responding to his demand is to cause the greatest harm to his body that would be difficult to treat later in addition to dissuading the prisoners from protesting the policy of administrative detention.”
The newest medical report issued by doctors at the Israeli Kaplan Hospital confirmed that Abu Atwan faces three serious possibilities: paralysis a chronic health problem that is difficult to treat later or sudden death.
Senior official of the Commission Hasan Abd Rabo explained that prisoner Abu Atwan suffers from a severe fluid deficiency in his body general weakness fatigue and constant headaches.
Abu Atwan lost more than 15 kilograms of his weight and his heartbeats became unstable according to Abd Rabo.
