Declining health of hunger striker Samer Issawi triggers clashes in Bethlehem

April 7, 2013 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

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BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– Violent clashes broke out Saturday evening between Palestinian young men and Israeli soldiers in Al-Khader town in Bethlehem in the wake of news about a life-threatening decline in the health of prisoner Samer Issawi.

According to Quds Press, the Israeli occupation forces showered the young men and homes with a barrage of tear gas grenades and also fired rubber bullets intensively at them.

One of the tear gas grenades landed inside a house causing the family of Khaled Salah to suffocate. A 10-month-old baby girl and an elderly woman were taken to Al-Hussein hospital after they almost suffocated to death.

A young man was reportedly suffered a medium injury in his head when an Israeli soldier fired a rubber bullet directly at him during the events.

Prisoner Samer Issawi, who has been on hunger strike for more than 260 days, is protesting his arbitrary re-detention after his release in a prisoner swap deal in October 2011.

Samer is suffering from various health problems as a result of his long-time hunger strike, including low blood pressure and irregular heart rate, severe pain in the kidneys, muscle pain and constant headaches.

In a related incident, some families of prisoners rallied on Saturday in Bab Al-Amoud square in occupied Jerusalem in solidarity with the Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli jails.

The relatives of the prisoners held pictures of the hunger strikers, especially prisoner Samer Issawi to demand his release due to his serious health condition.

Lawyer Shirin Issawi, the sister of hunger striker Samer, said that the health status of her brother is extremely serious and his heart muscle has become very weak, warning that he could die any moment.

Shirin appealed to the world’s free people to save the life of her brother before it is too late and pressure the Israeli regime to release him immediately.

The sit-in took place as a force of Israeli policemen and troops encircled the participants and took pictures of them.

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