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His strike was aimed at his administrative detention, which allows Israel to hold someone for security reasons for renewable six-month periods.

In two similar attacks on Saturday, forces shot dead a Palestinian who stabbed a policeman in the northern West Bank, hours after another Palestinian who stabbed a soldier near a checkpoint in the occupied territory was shot and wounded.

A doctor at the hospital where Allan is being treated told the court that he had not appeared to suffer irreversible damage but would probably not survive if he resumed his hunger strike.

Some 400 Palestinians are held in Israel under administrative detention rules, according to figures released by the Palestinian prisoner rights group Addameer cited by Ma’an.

US-sponsored peace negotiations in the Middle East have stalled since April 2014.

Later on Monday, the Israeli army detained two Palestinian brothers from the town of Sa’ir after they appeared before the Israeli intelligence for interrogation at Gush Etzion military Compound. Mohammed Allan 30 remained hospitalized in southern Israel.

Israel authorities say troops have shot and killed a Palestinian after he stabbed a guard at a West Bank checkpoint.

Over 400 of them, like [Allan] are in administrative detention without charge, evidence.

Since November he has been in what is known as administrative detention, which allows people to be held without charge for six-month intervals that can be renewed indefinitely. He refused food to draw attention to his prolonged detention in an Israeli jail without charge or trial.

Hospitalized and shackled, Palestinian Mohammed Allan was 60 days into a hunger strike to protest his detention without charge in an Israeli jail when he slipped into unconsciousness Friday.

Israel says Allan is being held for his activities with the Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian militant group that has carried out numerous violent attacks against civilians.

Some Palestinians feel the law is intended to weaken negotiating powers of prisoners who frequently use hunger strikes to protest administrative detention – a provision which authorizes Israeli authorities to detain inmates for six months and is often extended to prolong...

Palestinian children in the besieged Gaza strip have staged a rally in solidarity with a hunger striking Palestinian prisoner whose condition is critical.

The Palestinian Authority called on the worldwide community to hold Israel accountable for the violence against West Bank Palestinians and for their protection. Many suspect radicalized Jewish teens have been behind those attacks on Palestinian homes, agriculture and livestock,...

To date, Israeli authorities have used this measure against Israeli citizens sparingly, but have routinely applied it to Palestinians: Israel is now holding 370 Palestinians in administrative detention.