Palestinian Hunger Striker Dies at His WB Home
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A young Palestinian man became the first victim of an open-ended mass hunger strike by Palestinian inmates in Zionist prisons as well as their supporters in the occupied West Bank.
The 30-year-old victim from the city of Ramallah, identified as Mazan al-Maghrebi, passed away at his home in Ramallah on Monday due to a kidney disease after joining the hunger strike in protest at the inhumane treatment of Palestinian inmates in ‘Israeli' prisons, Saba news agency reported.
More than 1,600 Palestinian prisoners joined the protest action dubbed the Freedom and Dignity Strike since April 17 which was initially called by former Fatah movement leader, Marwan Barghouti, to protest conditions in apartheid regime's prisons.
Meanwhile, the media committee of the hunger strike announced on Sunday that several of the hunger-striking inmates had lost 10 kilograms of their weight, according to the Palestinian Ma'an news agency.
A number of the hunger strikers held in the ‘Israeli' Ofer prison are suffering from low blood pressure, severe headaches as well as stomach and joint problems, according to the report.
It further noted that the ‘Israeli' authorities do not allow the Palestinian prisoners to drink cool water and instead force them to drink warm water.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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