Key takeaways:
- Khader Adnan, a leader of the militant Islamic Jihad group, died in Israeli custody after a hunger strike of nearly three months.
- In response to Adnan’s death, Palestinian militants in Gaza fired 22 rockets toward populated areas in southern Israel.
- Adnan’s death has sparked outrage among Palestinians and human rights groups, who have called for an investigation into his death and the conditions of his detention.
On Tuesday, a high-profile Palestinian prisoner, Khader Adnan, died in Israeli custody after a hunger strike of nearly three months. Adnan, a leader of the militant Islamic Jihad group, was 45-years-old and was the first long-term hunger striker to die in Israeli custody.
In response to Adnan’s death, Palestinian militants in Gaza fired 22 rockets toward populated areas in southern Israel, seriously wounding a 25-year-old man and moderately wounding two others at a construction site.
Adnan was detained in the occupied West Bank over his ties to the Islamic Jihad group. He helped introduce the practice of protracted hunger strikes by individual prisoners as a form of protest against Israel’s mass detention of Palestinians without charge.
The exchange of fire between Israel and Gaza militants marks a flare-up of violence following Adnan’s death. People held portraits of Adnan during a rally following the announcement of his death in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
Adnan’s death has sparked outrage among Palestinians and human rights groups, who have called for an investigation into his death and the conditions of his detention. The Israeli government has yet to comment on the incident.
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