Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike for 57 days puts an end to drinking water

A Palestinian prisoner, Khader Adnan (Twitter)

Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan, 40, who has been on a 57-day hunger strike to protest his "arbitrary" detention by Israel, also stopped drinking water on Sunday.

The Committee on Prisoner and Prisoner Affairs said in a statement: "Prisoner Khader Adnan has decided to intensify his hunger strike in Israeli jails by refraining from drinking water. from Sunday until his release. "

Adnan's health has deteriorated since he stopped taking supplements to help him survive a long time and that he began to experience severe symptoms, such as vomiting blood.

The Muhjat al-Quds Foundation, a defender of prisoners' rights, said Adnan had started his hunger strike on September 2 to demand his immediate release.

Sources said the Israeli authorities continued to prevent lawyers from meeting Adnan since 17 September.

Since Adnan began its hunger strike, Israeli authorities have imposed harsh measures, such as isolation, the absence of visits and the transfer of one detention center to another.

Adnan, originally from the town of Arraba in Jenin district in the northern West Bank, has already led two major hunger strikes: a 66-day hunger strike in 2012 and a 55-day hunger strike. days in 2015 to protest his administrative detention. However, Adnan is currently not in administrative detention.