A Palestinian man who had been held by Israeli occupation without charge was released from custody and will be transferred to a Palestinian hospital in the West Bank after being on a hunger strike for more than two months, his supporters said Thursday.
A senior officer in the Israeli occupation forces’ Central Command signed off on canceling Ghadanfar Abu Atwan’s administrative detention order on Thursday evening, after discussions between Israeli and Palestinian officials, according to the Haaretz daily.
Amjad al-Najjar, a spokesman for the Palestinian Prisoners Club, said on Thursday night that Abu Atwan will be released from an Israeli hospital in the “coming hours” and transferred to a hospital in Ramallah.
A lawyer for Abu Atwan earlier said that his client’s condition deteriorated in recent days and that he wanted to be moved from the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot.
Medical records dated July 7 and reviewed by The Associated Press show that Abu Atwan has gone through several periods where he refused to drink water or fluids with sugar, salt, or vitamins.
Source: Agencies
