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| Israel's Supreme Court is suspending the detention of a Palestinian hunger striker who has 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. |
| Mohammed Allan, an alleged 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." | "This means that for now, owing to the hunger striker's medical condition, the administrative detention order is no longer operative." |
| The court said his family could visit him but he should remain in hospital until any further decision was taken on his future. | |
| The Israeli justice ministry has alleged that Mr Allan is involved in "grave terrorism". It says that "classified information" warrants keeping him detained. | |
| Mr Allan denies the allegations and any involvement with Islamic Jihad. | |
| Mr Allan began the hunger strike on 16 June in protest against his incarceration since November 2014 under what Israel calls administrative detention. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| On Tuesday, he regained consciousness and told his lawyers that he would stop consuming water within 24 hours if there was no acceptable deal to release him. | |
| On Wednesday the court ordered medical tests to be carried out on Mr Allan to determine the level of brain damage, promising that he would be freed if it was irreversible. | |
| A doctor at the hospital told the Associated Press news agency the hunger striker was "incoherent" and "not connecting with his surroundings". | |
| "There is some damage in a part of the brain that was probably caused by a lack of vitamins... and it is expressed in other systems of his body," Dr Hezy Levy said, adding that he could not predict whether the damage was reversible. | |
| There are fears that violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank might escalate if Mr Allan dies. | There are fears that violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank might escalate if Mr Allan dies. |
| Tensions have soared in recent weeks since an arson attack on a Palestinian home that killed an 18-month-old boy and his father. |