Israeli forces attack rally in support of Palestinian hunger striker
Israeli forces have attacked Palestinian demonstrators who were marching in solidarity with Mohammed Allan, an activist who recently fell into a coma following a two-month hunger strike in an Israeli jail.
On Saturday, dozens of demonstrators were injured when Israeli soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, used tear gas and sprayed wastewater mixed with chemicals to disperse the crowd in the town of Kafr Qaddum, located near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.
Morad Eshteiwy, coordinator of the Popular Struggle Committee, a Palestinian organization, said the protesters called for an end to the Israeli occupation and crimes in the Palestinian lands as well as the unconditional release of all prisoners in Israeli custody.
Eshteiwy added that an Israeli bulldozer broke a water pipeline in the region, causing a complete cut of water service to Kafr Qaddum.
Many Palestinians reportedly received treatment by local medics after inhaling tear gas during Saturday’s rally.
Allan, 31, slipped into unconsciousness on August 14 after 60 days into his hunger strike. He refused food to draw attention to his prolonged detention in an Israeli jail without charge or trial.
The Palestinian prisoner’s condition is now stable as he has been given fluids with permission from his family, reports say.
Palestinians in Israeli prisons regularly go on hunger strike in protest at the prison conditions as well as the administrative detention policy, which allows indefinite imprisonment terms without charge.
Over 7,000 Palestinians are reportedly incarcerated in 17 Israeli prisons and detention centers, many of them without charge or trial.
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