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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Court Rejects Call to Free Palestinian Hunger Striker

Protesters gather outside the hospital where Khalil Awawdeh, pictured in placards, a Palestinian prisoner in Israel is on hunger strike, in Be'er Yaakov, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

Israel's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal to release a Palestinian detainee who has been on a hunger strike for several months to protest his detention without charge.

Khalil Awawdeh, 40, is protesting being jailed without charge or trial under what Israel refers to as administrative detention. His family says he has been on a hunger strike for 170 days, subsisting only on water. A photo of Awawdeh taken by his lawyer on Saturday shows him appearing frail and lying in a hospital bed, The Associated Press reported.

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