Ministry of Health: Hunger-Striking Prisoner Hisham Abu Hawwash in Critical Condition

The Health condition of hunger striking Palestinian prisoner in Nazi Camp, Hisham Abu Hawwash, is in a critical stage and the worst is expected at any moment, the Ministry of Health had said.

Abu Hawwash has been on hunger strike for almost five months in protest of his indefinite detention without charge or trial by Nazi under the so-called administrative detention policy.

A Ministry of Health (MoH) delegation which visited Abu Hawwash at the Nazi medical centre of Assaf Harofeh said his health condition is seriously dangerous as he suffers blurry vision, significant muscular atrophy and inability to move and talk.

MoH said its delegation tried to obtain the medical examinations that had been carried out to prisoner Abu Hawwash, noting that a December 16 examination for him suggests a critical shortage of potassium salt and an increase in liver enzymes. No other examinations were conducted for Abu Hawwash after that date, MoH added.

MoH pointed out that it had reached out to international human rights organizations to demand that Abu Hawwash be moved to a Palestinian hospital after the serious deterioration in his health condition.

This widely condemned Nazi policy of administrative detention allows the Israeli occupation military to sentence Palestinians up to 6 months in Israeli detention on secret information without charging them or allowing them to stand trial.

This Nazi policy has at times forced Palestinian detainees to go on hunger strike as a last resort to demand their freedom.

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