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Palestinian prisoner nears 100 days of hunger strike

‘Every day my son is dying. I can’t bear it’

The mother of Palestinian prisoner Meqdad Qawasmeh has pleaded for her son's freedom as he nears 100 days of hunger strike.

The 24-year-old is one of more than 400 hunger strikers protesting administrative detention and punitive measures in Israeli jails
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