The condition of a Palestinian journalist on a 48-day hunger strike in an Israeli jail is deteriorating, the man’s wife and a Palestinian official said on Monday.
Mohammed al-Qeq is protesting his six-month sentence without trial or charge, under a measure called administrative detention. Israel’s internal security agency Shin Bet did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “Al-Qeq is in critical condition after 48 days in hunger strike and his life is at risk,” said Issa Qaraqe, the Palestinian Minister of prisoner affairs. Al-Qeq is being monitored in an Israeli hospital, according to Israel’s prison service, which would not comment on his condition.