RAMALLAH, The siblings Ahmad, 44, and Odal Mousa, 34, have been on hunger strike for 27 consecutive days in protest against their administrative detention in Israel without charge or trial.

Hasan Abed Rabbo, spokesman for the Prisoners Affairs Commission, told WAFA that Ahmad, who is suffering from heart and kidney diseases, was transported to a hospital in Israel on Thursday where he underwent checkups and then returned to Ramla prison clinic.

The siblings, from the town of al-Khader near Bethlehem, began their hunger strike a day after their arrest on August 7 to protest their administrative detention.

Ahmad Mousa, married and a father to seven children, is a former prisoner who went on hunger strike during prior arrest and was released in a deal that ended his detention, was slammed with four months in administrative detention, while his brother, Odal, married and a father to two children, had spent seven years in prison for resisting the occupation and was slammed with three months in administrative detention.

There are currently around 700 Palestinians in administrative detention in Israel held without charge or trial and based on classified evidence. Many had to resort to hunger strikes in order to secure their release because otherwise they would remain locked up for several years.

Source: Palestine News & Info Agency