More anti-occupation ops needed to secure Qeiq release

A senior Palestinian leader has called for more anti-occupation operations as a solution to secure the release of the increasingly
feeble hunger striker journalist Mohammad Qeiq.

Senior Islamic Jihad leader, Khaled al-Batsch made the call in his Facebook page.

Batsch underlined that more pressure was needed to secure his release, adding that the health condition of the hunger striking captive was red.

The call came amid warnings by the PLO Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs that al-Qeiq is on brink of death as he enters his 81st day of hunger strike.

His wife Fayha Shalash has renewed her calls to the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian factions to work urgently for her husband’s release “before he is pronounced dead as his health condition has reached an unprecedented critical stage.”

"I will not accept any contacts from the PA or any Palestinian faction after my husband’s death", she said.

“He is on the brink of death, and we might hear news of his martyrdom at any moment, especially due to fears that he might suffer from a stroke," the Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs warned.

It also added that al-Qeiq is suffering from acute chest and heart pains, fever, severe pain in the knees, recurrent convulsions.

His health condition will not be restored to normal even if he ends his hunger strike, the committee pointed out.

The Palestinian journalist has been on hunger strike for 81 days in protest against his arbitrary administrative detention by the Israeli occupation authorities.