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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.

“It became clear seven people, including four players were not on the list and therefore, the entire mission can’t leave Gaza without them”, said Ala Shammaly of the Shejaia media office.

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.

Before it was cut off, the water supplied some 4,000 people in the West Bank.

The Gaza Strip, with which Israel fought a devastating 50-day war last summer, and the West Bank are only 60 kilometres (40 miles) apart but separated by politics and Israeli territory. It remains unclear why the family members were at the site at the time of the blast.

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.

Israeli media reported signs of improvement in Ahmed’s condition, although his life remained in danger.

In the past, Israel had defended the administrative detention of Palestinians as a necessary tool for preventing attacks. A 16-year-old girl stabbed in the incident, Shira Banki, has succumbed to her injuries.

The incident comes as tensions between Israelis and Palestinians are high after the torching of a Palestinian home in the West Bank last week by suspected Jewish extremists that killed a Palestinian toddler and severely wounded his parents and 4-year-old brother.

Pitella said the use by Israel of administrative detention orders – which allow for renewable six-month periods of detention without trial – not only against Palestinians but also against extremist Jews “doesn’t help”.