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Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan dies in Israeli prison

Israel has reported that Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan died after nearly three months on hunger strike [File: Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters]

Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan, who was affiliated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, has died in an Israeli prison after nearly three months on a hunger strike, Israeli prison officials said.

Adnan “refused to undergo medical tests and receive medical treatment” and “was found unconscious in his cell” in the early morning on Tuesday, the Israeli prison service said.

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