Palestinian prisoner on a hunger strike against his detention without trial has been brought out of sedation in an Israeli hospital and vowed to continue his fast.
Sedated since Friday after doctors said his condition had deteriorated sharply, Mohammed Allaan had been given medication intravenously at Barzilai hospital in southern Israel.
The hospital said doctors, reporting an improvement in his condition, weaned him off a respirator on Tuesday and cut his sedation, and that Allaan was “conscious and communicating”.
Lawyer Jawad Bullos said Allaan, 31, vowed to “hunger strike until he is freed”.
Allaan’s other lawyer, Jamil al-Khatib, told AFP news agency after visiting his client in hospital that Allaan appeared determined to go all the way, although there was still hope the judiciary would find a solution.
Allaan allowed the hospital to keep injecting him with some supplements for 24 hours, until Israel’s Supreme Court rules on his case. He warned that he will stop drinking water after that if his administrative detention does not end.
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