Lawyers of the Prisoners Affairs Commission Yamen Zidan and Tamim Younis said on Sunday that the health condition of the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails Kareem Younis started to deteriorate.
The media committee of the Freedom and Dignity hunger strike said that Younis appeared on Sunday in a hearing held at Haifa District Court to consider the petition submitted by the two lawyers to allow lawyers to visit him.
The media committee said that no decision has been reached so far on the petition.
The two lawyers told the media committee that signs of fatigue were clearly visible on Younis who lost 10 kg of his weight since the start of the strike on 17th April 2017.
They pointed out that Younis was exhausted as a result of the repeated transfers imposed by the Israel Prison Service on him during the previous 14 days.
In a video showing Younis in the court’s hearing Younis affirmed that the prisoners would go on with the hunger strike even if they ended as “dead bodies”.
The media committee held the Israeli government fully responsible for the life of Younis and his striking mates.
The Israeli occupation authorities still prevent the lawyers of human rights organizations from visiting the hunger-striking prisoners.
