News - Middle East - Palestine: A Palestinian commission for prisoners has warned the health condition of Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash has reached a critical stage, as the inmate has entered the 138th consecutive day of his open-ended hunger strike against Israel’s policy of administrative detention.

In a statement released on Saturday, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs said the 40-year-old Palestinian prisoner could face irreversible health consequences at any moment as a result of his prolonged hunger strike in protest at his indefinite, unfair and unexplained imprisonment at the hands of the Tel Aviv regime, Palestine’s official Wafa news agency reported.

Hasan Abed Rabbo, a spokesman for the commission, said Abu Hawash’s health condition is rapidly deteriorating, adding that he is suffering from frequent loss of consciousness.

The commission also noted that the Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that Abu Hawash’s health condition is seriously dangerous after its delegation visited the Palestinian inmate at Israel's Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, adding that he has lost his eyesight and hearing as well as his ability to speak.

The commission further held Israeli authorities fully responsible for Abu Hawash’s life, calling on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and human rights groups to make an effort to save him before it is too late.

Source: Press TV