“Seriously concerned about the critical health condition of Palestinian Hisham Abu Hawash, who has been on an extended hunger strike for 140 days to protest his administrative detention in Israeli prison since October 2020,” The European Union Delegation to the Palestinians said in a tweet.

“The use of administrative detention without formal charge remains a longstanding concern. Detainees have the right to be informed about charges underlying any detention, must be given a fair trial within a reasonable time or be released. A solution should be found immediately,” it added.

1/2 Seriously concerned about the critical health condition of Palestinian Hisham Abu Hawash, who has been on an extended hunger strike for 140 days to protest his administrative detention in Israeli prison since October 2020.

— EU and Palestinians (@EUpalestinians) January 3, 2022

Hisham Abu Hawash, a father of five, has been detained since October 2020, where he received three administrative detention orders against him since his arrest, one of which was issued during his hunger strike and for 6 months, reduced later to four months.

He is a former prisoner who spent a total of eight years behind israeli bars. 

The zionist occupation authorities administratively detain about 500 prisoners, from the 4,650 Palestinians it holds in its prisons, according to Palestinian human rights organizations. (ILKHA)