Israel's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal to release a Palestinian detainee who has been on a hunger strike for several months to protest his detention without charge.
Khalil Awawdeh, 40, is protesting being jailed without charge or trial under what Israel refers to as administrative detention.
His family says he has been on a hunger strike for 170 days, subsisting only on water.
Footage of Awawdeh filmed on Friday shows him appearing frail and lying in a hospital bed.
In light of Awawdeh's condition, the Israeli military has suspended his administrative detention while he is hospitalized, allowing family to visit him.
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