Maher Akhras, a former Palestinian prisoner who observed 103 days of hunger strike to secure an end to his administrative detention in Israel, today joined 10 other Palestinian detainees in their hunger strike, most demanding an end to their incarceration without charge or trial, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
Akhras, 52, from Silat al-Dhaher town near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, was detained yesterday at his home. He spent four years in prison, most in administrative detention, for his resistance to the occupation, the last of which was in 2020 when he went on hunger strike for 103 days before the Israeli occupation authorities agreed to end his administrative detention.
Ten other Palestinian prisoners continue their open hunger strike, including eight administrative detainees, said the PPS. They include Sultan Khalouf and Kayed al-Fasfous, who have been on strike for 21 days, in addition to Osama Daqrouq, who has been on strike for 17 days, Mohammad Tayseer Zakarneh, Anas Ahmed Kamil, Abdul Rahman Iyad Baraka, and Zuhdi Talal Abido have been on strike for 14 days, and Saif al-Din Dhiab al-Amarin, 22, from the town of Beit Awa, near Hebron, on strike for four days.
The prisoner Zaher Hammad, 49, from the town of Silwad, near Ramallah, said the PPS, has been on hunger strike for four days demanding to be allowed to meet his son, Mohammad, who is held at Ofer prison, and the prisoner Hatem Qawasmeh, 42, from Hebron, also on hunger strike for the 11th day in a row demanding to be transferred to Rimon prison where his brother, Hazem, is being held.
Khader Adnan, 45, also from Jenin, died on May 2 in Israeli prison after 87 days of hunger strike in protest of his administrative detention.
Source: WAFA
