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Despite worsening health two detainees continue hunger strike

Saturday 4-June-2022

Two Palestinian prisoners Khalil Awawdeh and Ra’ed Rayan have entered day 94 and day 59 respectively of the hunger strike they staged in protest at their detention administratively with no indictment or trial.

Recently an Israeli court rejected a new petition for the release of prisoner Awawdeh who suffers from serious health issues as a result of his prolonged hunger strike.

A few days ago Awawdeh was taken to the Ramla prison infirmary although the Israeli high court of justice had ordered his immediate transfer to a hospital due to his critical health condition.

Awawdeh suffers from a persistent headache joint pains emaciation extreme fatigue irregular heartbeats and breathing and frequent vomiting of blood.

As for prisoner Ra’ed Rayan he staged his hunger strike to protest an Israeli decision extending his administrative detention.

Rayan who is being held in Ofer jail was kidnaped from his home in Beit Duqqu village northwest of Occupied Jerusalem on December 3 2021 and soon later an Israeli military court ordered his detention administratively for six months.

He also suffers from multiple serious health problems as a result of his hunger strike.

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