A senior Member of the Palestinian militant organization Islamic Jihad died in Israeli custody after nearly three months of hunger strike. A spokesman for the Israeli prison authorities said Tuesday that 44-year-old Khader Adnan was found unconscious in his cell. During attempts to resuscitate him, he was taken to a hospital, but was pronounced dead.
Palestinian militants fired three rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning in protest after Adnan’s death. According to the Israeli army, the projectiles did not reach inhabited areas. A general strike was declared in the West Bank.
The Palestinian from Jenin in the West Bank began the hunger strike on Feb. 5 after his arrest for terrorism-related crimes, the Israeli spokesman said. He was imprisoned on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organization, support for terrorism and hate speech. It is already his tenth prison sentence in Israel.
The married father of three has been repeatedly arrested by Israeli security forces in the past detained without formal charges held – around 2014 year as part of a wave of arrests in the West Bank. Israel responded to the kidnapping and murder of three teenagers by militant Palestinians.
Adnan was released in 2015 after a life-threatening hunger strike. In February 2012, Adnan ended a 66-day hunger strike after a similar agreement was reached. With the action he protested against his administrative detention in Israel. Those affected can be held for security reasons without charges and without any time perspective.
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