Hunger strikes

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Also on 10 May, Ofer military court upheld the administrative detention of Fuad Assi and Adib Mafarjeh, both hospitalised after 39 days on hunger strike.

Mafarjeh had reportedly been vomiting blood and was refusing medical examinations by Israeli authorities.

Around 500 Palestinian are being held on administrative detention, without charge or trial.

On 11 May, Sami Janazreh suspended his 69-day hunger strike for one week, after an Israeli military court postponed his appeal for a week. Janazreh’s weight had dropped to about 100 pounds as his body suffered kidney failure.