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A Palestinian detainee on a two-month hunger strike emerged from a coma Tuesday but pledged to resume fasting if Israel did not resolve his case within 24 hours, a Palestinian group said.

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian attacker after he stabbed an Israeli police officer at a West Bank checkpoint today, the police and the military said.

Earlier this month, a Palestinian non-governmental organization said that almost 150 prisoners have gone on hunger strike since the beginning of August.

Ashkelon is bracing itself for more protests on Monday outside the hospital where Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Allan, hunger striking for over two months, is being kept.

Hospital spokeswoman Ayelet Kedar said Thursday that doctors did not intervene because Allan was not yet in life-threatening condition.

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.

He was believed to have been planning a series of attacks against Palestinians intended to stir up unrest among the Palestinians and bring down the Israeli government. “We are determined to vigorously fight manifestations of hate, fanaticism and terrorism from whatever...

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.

JERUSALEM (AP) – A Palestinian detainee who has been on a hunger strike for 60 days slipped into unconsciousness on Friday and was being treated in the intensive care unit at an Israeli hospital. Authorities said that Allan was being held for his activities in the group...

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.