Five Palestinian prisoners have been on open-ended hunger strike for different periods in protest at their detention administratively with no indictments or trials.
Prisoner Kayed al-Fasfous from Dura town in al-Khalil is considered the longest hunger striker as he has been on hunger strike for 122 days.
The other hunger-striking administrative detainees are Alaa al-Araj Hisham Abu Hawash Ayyad al- Harimi and Louay al-Ashqar. They have been on hunger strike for 98 89 52 and 34 days respectively.
Most of the hunger strikers especially Fasfous suffer from life-threatening health issues due to their protracted hunger strike according to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs.
