Four 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 still considered the longest hunger striker as he has been on hunger strike for 129 days.
The other hunger-striking administrative detainees are Hisham Abu Hawash Ayyad al-Harimi and Louay al-Ashqar. They have been on hunger strike for 96 59 41 days respectively.
Most of the hunger strikers especially Fasfous suffer from worsening health issues threatening their lives due to their protracted hunger strike according to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs.
