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Family of Palestinian hunger striker Khalil Awawdeh demand his release

“He wasn’t the Khalil I know. He was a completely different person from the one I know.”

The family of Palestinian prisoner and hunger striker Khalil Awawdeh are demanding his release as his health rapidly deteriorates.

The father of four has been on hunger strike for over 165 days, in protest against Israel’s policy of administrative detention
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