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A Palestinian leader who was on hunger strike in prison was killed and three rockets were fired from Gaza towards Israel

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He Palestinian leader Jader Adnan44 years old, died in the early hours of this Tuesday in an Israeli prison due to the deterioration suffered by his state of health after spending 86 days of hunger strike as a way to protest his arrest. After the news broke, fired three rockets from Gaza into Israeli territory.

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Adnan, 44, of which he had been accused terrorism and incitement to violence as a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (YIP) – an organization considered terrorist by Israel, the United States and the European Union – died in Nitzan prison, as confirmed by the Israeli Prison Service, which assured that the inmate he had refused to receive medical treatment.

The PNA (Palestinian National Authority) Ministry of Palestinian Detainees confirmed this to the news agency. EFE extension that the death was a consequence of the hunger strike that began on February 5, the same day he was arrested. Meanwhile, the Farnesina has made Israel”totally responsible” of Adnan’s death and will bring this “crime” before the International Criminal Court given the authorities’ refusal to release him despite the risk of death.

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“The Israeli occupation and its prison administration carried out a deliberate assassination against prisoner Jader Adnan by refusing his request for release, medically neglecting him and keeping him in a cell despite the seriousness of his health,” the prime minister warned. Palestinian. Mohamed Shtaeh.

Jader Adnan died after 86 days of hunger strike in prison.  REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini.

Jader Adnan died after 86 days of hunger strike in prison. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini.

The Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) organization warned last Monday, as the strike reached 86 days, that Adnan was facing “imminent deathand had to be “rushed to a hospital for medical observation,” as he was “dangerously emaciated“it’s presented”difficulty moving around or carrying on a basic conversation“.

The Palestinian expressed a desire to be hospitalized and introduced three conditions undergo medical tests in prison: allow his family to visit him, be closely monitored by a PHRI doctor, and not share his medical information with Israeli authorities. However, none of this happened.

A spokesman for the Islamic Jihad warned last week that Adnan’s death would be considered “a homicide” by Israel and “would face serious consequences“.

This Tuesday morning, three rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israelas reported by the Israeli military, which specified it fell into uninhabited areas bordering the coastal enclave. No militia has so far awarded them.

Jader Adnan died after 86 days of hunger strike in prison.  REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman.

Jader Adnan died after 86 days of hunger strike in prison. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman.

Arrested in the past 12 years by Israel, Adnan spent more than eight years in prison and became a fight symbol for the rest of the Palestinian prisoners through the five hunger strikes which he held

At the moment, nearly 5,000 Palestinians are held in Israeli prisonsof which more than 1,000 are in administrative detention, ie no charges or trials.

More than a million Palestinians have been imprisoned since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967, including more than 15,000 women, according to information from the Ministry of Detainees, which assures that “every Palestinian family has witnessed the arrest of at least one of their members”.

Source: Clarin

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