An Israeli court has rejected on Sunday the appeal submitted for the release of prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash who has been on an open-ended hunger strike for 118 consecutive days.
The lawyer Jawad Boulus affirmed that the Israeli military appeals court refused to release Abu Hawash and decided to renew his administrative detention for four months despite his difficult health condition.
Abu Hawash’s family has earlier warned that its son may die at any moment as a result of his prolonged hunger strike calling for urgent action to save his life before it is too late.
The prisoner started his hunger strike 118 days ago in protest at his administrative detention with no trial or indictment.
At least four of five other hunger strikers have recently ended their protests after reaching deals with Israeli authorities. They are expected to be released in the coming months.
Hunger strikes have been common among Palestinian prisoners and have helped secure numerous concessions from Israeli authorities.
The nature of these strikes have varied from individuals protesting detention without charge to groups calling for improved imprisonment conditions.
Around 500 of the 4600 Palestinians detained by Israel are held in administrative detention according to Addameer a Palestinian prisoner rights group.
