The health conditions of three Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli jails have seen a turn for the worse.
Anas Shedid and Ahmad Abu Fara have been on a hunger strike for 74 days. Prisoner Amar al-Hamour continues his hunger strike for the 17th day in a row.
The prisoners and ex-prisoners’ committee raised alarm bells over the exacerbated health status of prisoners Shedid and Abu Fara who have fallen in faints and lost their ability to speak.
The two detainees have been subjected to daily harassment at the Israeli Assaf Harofeh hospital and might die at any possible moment.
Shedid and Abu Fara were arrested in August 2 2016 and started their hunger strike on September 25 2016.
Al-Hamour has been subjected to pressure by the Israeli prison service to end his hunger strike which he started 17 days earlier.
Al-Hamour voiced his firm rebuff to succumb to pressure by IPS vowing to continue his strike until the Israeli occupation authorities end his administrative detention.
A native of Jaba’ town in Jenin prisoner al-Hamour was arrested on February 16 2016 and sentenced twice to six-month administrative prison-terms.
