AhlulBayt News Agency: A senior leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group Khader Adnan martyred in Israeli custody after an 86-day hunger strike, Israeli Prison Services (IPS) announced at dawn Tuesday.
Khader Adnan was found unresponsive in his cell in Nitzan jail in the central city of Ramle during the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday morning.
He was brought to the Shamir Medical Center outside Tel Aviv, but was declared dead at the hospital, the IPS said.
Earlier on Sunday, an Israeli court refused to release the Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan, despite his deteriorating health condition.
In press remarks to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC), Adnan’s wife Randa Mousa affirmed that an Israeli court rejected the appeal submitted to release her husband on bail.
The court set another session for May 10, she added.
She further warned that her husband’s health condition is very critical as a result of his prolonged hunger strike, which he started on February 5.
Since his current detention, Adnan has been brought before Israeli courts several times with no indictment, but recently the Israeli prosecution authority filed an official request asking for his detention for five years.
Recently, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) warned that Adnan could die any moment after his health reached a critical stage as a result of his prolonged hunger strike.
PPS pointed out that Adnan, who is under security camera surveillance in the Ramla prison’s infirmary, refuses to take any kind of intravenous fluids or medication or even undergo medical tests.
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Khader Adnan was found unresponsive in his cell in Nitzan jail in the central city of Ramle during the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday morning.
He was brought to the Shamir Medical Center outside Tel Aviv, but was declared dead at the hospital, the IPS said.
Earlier on Sunday, an Israeli court refused to release the Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan, despite his deteriorating health condition.
In press remarks to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC), Adnan’s wife Randa Mousa affirmed that an Israeli court rejected the appeal submitted to release her husband on bail.
The court set another session for May 10, she added.
She further warned that her husband’s health condition is very critical as a result of his prolonged hunger strike, which he started on February 5.
Since his current detention, Adnan has been brought before Israeli courts several times with no indictment, but recently the Israeli prosecution authority filed an official request asking for his detention for five years.
Recently, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) warned that Adnan could die any moment after his health reached a critical stage as a result of his prolonged hunger strike.
PPS pointed out that Adnan, who is under security camera surveillance in the Ramla prison’s infirmary, refuses to take any kind of intravenous fluids or medication or even undergo medical tests.
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