The hunger striking prisoner Naser al-Jadaa on Tuesday evening was transferred to an Israeli hospital after his health condition suddenly deteriorated in an Israeli prison.
The Palestinian Prisoners Media Office said quoting al-Jadaa’s family that the Israel Prison Service moved the hunger striker to Kaplan Medical Center after his health worsened.
Naser al-Jadaa 31 a resident of Jenin in the northern West Bank has been on hunger strike for 42 days in protest at his detention administratively without charge or trial.
Al-Jadaa who was arrested on 4 July 2019 has been recently held in solitary confinement as a punitive measure by the Israel Prison Service to force him to end his hunger strike without responding to his demands.
Nearly 5700 Palestinian detainees are currently imprisoned in Israeli lock-ups including 500 administrative detainees 700 prisoners with health problems 40 girls and women and 230 children.
