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Dozens of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails have been admitted to Israeli hospitals as their health has now reached a critical condition, Israeli media reported on Tuesday.
Around 200 prisoners have been on hunger strike for over a month to protest against the Israeli practice of administrative detention, where Palestinians are arrested and imprisoned indefinitely without ever being formally charged with any crime or being tried.
Israel’s Haaretz newspaper cited the spokesperson of Israel’s Prison Authority as saying that: “Israel hospitalised 40 hunger-striking Palestinian detainees this week as their fast entered a second month.” …. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com