Palestinian Prisoner Dies in Israel After Nearly Three Months on Hunger Strike
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Israel’s prison service says a Palestinian prisoner has died after a hunger strike of nearly three months. Khader Adnan began his strike shortly after being arrested on Feb. 5. Adnan, accused by Israel of membership in the Islamic Jihad militant group, had gone on hunger strikes several times after …
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Khader Adnan, who was affiliated with the Palestinian militant Islamic Jihad group, died in an Israeli prison on Tuesday after an 87-day hunger strike, Israeli prison authorities said.
Israel’s prison service says a Palestinian prisoner has died after a hunger strike of nearly three months. Khader Adnan began his strike shortly after being arrested on Feb. 5. Adnan, accused by Israel of membership in the Islamic Jihad militant group, had gone on hunger strikes several times after …
By Abeer Salman, Hadas Gold, Richard Allen Greene and Helen Regan, CNN Palestinian detainee Khader Adnan, an Islamic Jihad former spokesman who became a symbol of Palestinian resistance to Israeli detention policies, died Tuesday after 87 days of hunger strike, authorities said.
Khader Adnan was no stranger to Israel's prisons. His Tuesday death came during his 13th stint in Israeli custody, with nearly eight years of his life spent behind bars.
Khader Adnan had led a hunger-strike movement among Palestinians to protest their detentions by Israel. Palestinian leaders and armed groups called his death an “assassination.”
A high-profile Palestinian prisoner has died inside an Israeli jail after spending 87 days on a hunger strike to protest his incarceration on terrorism-related charges.
Khader Adnan, detained for suspected terror activities, found unresponsive in cell after refusing medical treatment since February arrest, Prisons Service says
Khader Adnan, a leader in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group, is the first Palestinian prisoner to die since Palestinian inmates began staging protracted hunger strikes about a decade ago…
The death of Khader Adnan, a leader in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group, raises the potential for renewed fighting as violence surges in the West Bank.
Palestinian Khader Adnan was being held on terror charges and died after an 87-day hunger strike. His death increases potential for conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant groups.
