The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) on Thursday launched distress signals over the exacerbated health status of two Palestinian hunger-strikers in Israeli jails.
According to PPS prisoners Ahmad Abu Fara and Anas Shedid held in isolated cells have gone through sharp health deterioration.
PPS lawyer said following a visit to the detainees in the Ramla prison clinic that both Abu Fara and Shedid have been locked up in isolated cells that are not equipped with basic kit and are disconnected from the outside world.
The Israeli prison authorities also turned down the prisoners’ appeals to have a pen and sheets of paper to write to their families.
Both Abu Fara and Shedid have been on an open-ended hunger strike since September 25 in protest at being held administratively without trial and isolated in Israeli prisons.
They further refused to undergo medical check-ups after Israeli medics refused to brief them on the findings of their health checks.
They reportedly have become wheel-chaired and lost over 10 kilograms of their overall weight due to the hunger strike. The detainees have also gone through frequent blackouts and stomachaches. Prisoner Abu Fara is also vomiting blood.
Abu Fara 29 and Shedid 19 have been held in administrative detention since August 2.
