Prisoner Maher Al-Akhras refused a verbal proposal by the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Tuesday to take him to Al-Makassed Hospital in Jerusalem and that his administrative detention would not be renewed and he would be released at the end of November. Akhras is determined on continuing his hunger strike and insisted on his immediate release.
The Prisoners and Ex-prisoners Affairs Authority said that the IOA is trying to circumvent Akhras’s strike. The Israeli Prosecutor proposed to him verbally on Tuesday a transfer to Al-Makassed Hospital in Jerusalem and that his administrative detention order would not be renewed after the end of the current order and he will be released on 11/26/2020.
It also stated in a statement on Monday evening that Akhras confirmed the continuation of his battle with the open hunger strike calling for an end to his arbitrary administrative detention and for his immediate release to his home in Jenin.
Akhras 49 from Jenin continues his open hunger strike for the 85th day in a row amid a serious deterioration in his health condition according to the Prisoners Authority.
The Authority underlined that Akhras suffers from severe fatigue he is unable to move and his senses of hearing and speaking have been affected negatively. Furthermore he has seizures constantly and severe pain in various parts of his body cloudy vision and severe headache. Doctors warned of damage to several organs of his body.
The occupation authorities arrested Akhras from Silat al-Dhahr Jenin district on 07/07/2020 and ordered his administrative detention for four months. He declared a hunger strike from the first day of his arrest.
Two months after the strike the Israeli Supreme Court froze the administrative detention decision without releasing him which was rejected by the prisoner and he declared that his strike would continue until his release or martyrdom.
Akhras is a father of six children. He had been arrested several times in the past and he spent years in occupation prisons.
