The Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) announced on Tuesday, May 2, that Khader Adnan, a 44-year-old Palestinian detainee in Israel, has died after an 86-day hunger strike in protest against his detention.

The Israel Prison Services (IPS) informed the prisoners that Adnan, who hailed from the town of Arraba in the southern part of the West Bank city of Jenin, was taken into custody on February 5 and had refused to take any additives or receive medical treatment during his long hunger strike.