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Hamas Detainees Minister Atalla Abu As-Sabah said already her health's deteriorating. Isolation in solitary confinement exacerbates her condition. Shalabi's elderly parents said they'll fast in protest against Israel's abusive treatment.
Her father Yahya said soldiers assaulted Hana and ransacked their home. It's standard Israeli arrest procedure. It happens virtually multiple times weekly, including for children young as 10, and at times younger.
Addameer highlighted two "currently longest-held administrative detainees." For Ahmad Saqer, it's since November 2008. In June 2011, after three and a half years, Ayed Dudeen was released. In August he was re-arrested. He's still lawlessly held without charge.
So are 24 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members. As a result, the body can't convene to conduct parliamentary functions. Israeli state terror prevents it.
A Brief History of Hunger Striking
They protest abusive treatment nonviolently. They're most effective when publicized. Most take liquids but not solid food. The longer they continue, the greater the health risk. Bodies need sustenance to stay healthy. Too long without it risks death.
Previous strikers died after 52 to 74 days. Starvation deteriorates muscles and vital organs until they entirely break down.
Perhaps Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi was history's most noted hunger striker. Against Britain's Raj, he resisted nonviolently, including non-cooperation as a political weapon.
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