Tag: Ghaza

Maher al-Ahras on hunger strike for nearly 80 days Residents in Gaza staged an indefinite protest Tuesday at the building of the International Committee of the Red Cross in solidarity with an inmate who is on a hunger strike. Maher al-Akhras has been on a hunger strike for 79 days since his arrest by Israel in late July and is “on the verge of death,” according to Israeli rights group B’Tselem, Protesters pasted a large photo of al-Akhras on the wall inside the building. Yasir Mezher, a member of the Prisoners' Committee of...