Palestinian hunger striking prisoner Khalil Awawda in a life threatening health condition
Khalil Awawda, the Palestinian prisoner in the Israeli jails, is in very deteriorating life threatening health condition, yet he continues with his hunger strike for the 168th day in protest against the Israeli occupation’s criminal practices and demanding an end to his detention.
In a statement reported by WAFA News Agency, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said that the health condition of Awawda is very dangerous and that he is too weak and even not able to move or speak anymore and he suffers from pain in the head and the joints and from irregular heartbeats and breathing.
Awawda, 40, a father of four children from the town of Idna, in the south of the West Bank, was detained on December 27 last year. He is currently on his 168th day of hunger strike despite a brief interruption, after observing 111 days of non-stop hunger strike, when an Israeli promise to end his detention in late June was quickly broken, prompting him to resume his hunger strike on July 2.
According to the Priosners’ Club, along with Awawda, the two siblings, Ahmad Mouse, 44, and Odal Mouse, 34, continue their hunger strike in the Israeli jails for the 22nd day and the prisoner Emad Abu Al-Haija continues with his hunger strike for the 7th day.
Hamda Mustafa