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Israel is suspending the detention of Palestinian hunger striker Mohammed Allan, who suffered brain damage after 65 days without food. Israel's Supreme Court is suspending the detention of a Palestinian hunger striker who has suffered brain damage after 65 days without food.
Mr Allan, a lawyer and member of the militant group Islamic Jihad, began refusing food in June in protest at his indefinite administrative detention. Mohammed Allan, a lawyer and member of the militant group Islamic Jihad, began refusing food in June in protest at his indefinite administrative detention.
Israel had offered to release him in early November in return for him ending his hunger strike.Israel had offered to release him in early November in return for him ending his hunger strike.
Doctors say Mr Allan is in a serious condition in hospital in Ashkelon.Doctors say Mr Allan is in a serious condition in hospital in Ashkelon.
"Due to the petitioner's medical condition he will remain in intensive care," the court ruling said.
"This means that for now, owing to the hunger striker's medical condition, the administrative detention order is no longer operative."
Mr Allan began the hunger strike on 16 June in protest against his incarceration since November 2014 under what Israel calls administrative detention.
The system allows a military court to order suspects to be detained indefinitely, subject to renewal every six months by the court, without charge or trial.
He lost consciousness and was placed on a respirator on Friday after his lungs stopped working and he had seizures. He was also given salts and minerals intravenously.
There are fears that violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank might escalate if Mr Allan dies.