APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Ramallah - 06 May 2022. Palestinians take part in a protest in solidraity with prisoner on hunger strike since 64-day, Khalil Awawdeh, in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Ramallah - 06 May 2022. Palestinians take part in a protest in solidraity with prisoner on hunger strike since 64-day, Khalil Awawdeh, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Juma'a Al-Tayeh, freed prisoner STORYLINE: A Palestinian under Israel's administrative detention was transferred to hospital as his health deteriorated, amid an ongoing hunger strike to protest his imprisonment. Khalil Awawdeh, 40, was transferred to Tel Aviv-based Assaf Harofeh Hospital by the Israeli Prison Services on Tuesday after he had become too sick to be under the care of Ramleh Prison Clinic. The decision was made following a request by his attorney during a court hearing on his case, according to Hassan Abed-Rabbu, spokesperson of the Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs Commission. The father-of-four started his hunger strike 68 days ago to protest his imprisonment at the notorious detention facility of Ofer without charge or trial. Awawdeh was detained on December 27 last year in the Idhna town in Hebron's southern West Bank district. HaMoked, an Israeli rights group that regularly gathers figures from prison authorities, said Monday, May 2, 2022, that as of May 2022, there were 604 detainees held in administrative detention, the highest number since 2016. Among the total Palestinians are held in Palestinian prisons are 32 women and 160 minors, according to human rights groups. Footage by /APA
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