Palestinian hunger striking detainees Anas Shedid and Ahmad Abu Fara have gone through a sharp health deterioration in Israeli detention.
A lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said following a visit paid to the Israeli Assaf Harofe Hospital that the hunger strikers’ health has seen a turn for the worse following 60 days of ongoing starvation in protest at their administrative detention.
The detainees have been diagnosed with a severe weight loss headaches dizziness sight disorders breathing difficulties cardio-vascular diseases and stomach pains.
The lawyer added that the hunger strikers have not taken showers for 20 days due their inability to stand on their foot.
He noted that the detainees are held in an isolated room in the hospital and that harsh measures including visit restrictions are being pursued against them despite an earlier decision to suspend their administrative detention.
The lawyer quoted the two hunger strikers as vowing to continue their hunger strike until the Israeli occupation authorities end their administrative detention and transfer them to a Palestinian hospital.
Detainee Amar al-Hmour from Jenin has also been on an open-ended hunger-strike to protest administrative detention while Nour Omar from Qalqilya embarked on a similar move in response to his solitary confinement.
