Hana Shalabi | |
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هناء شلبي | |
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| Born | 2 July 1983 |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
Hana Shalabi (Arabic: هناء يحيى شلبي; born 2 July 1982) is a Palestinian prisoner in Israel, held in administrative detention.
On 16 February 2012, the Israeli military arrested[1] Shalabi at her home in Jenin, in the Palestinian administered territories of the West Bank. She is believed[by whom?] to be a supporter of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, however, her father has denied that she is an active member. The Israeli prison authority said she was taken into custody for unspecified terror activity.[2] To protest against being held without charge, she began her hunger strike.[1] She ended her hunger 43-day hunger strike on 29 March after a deal with Israel in which she is to be deported to the Gaza Strip and stay there for three years.[1]
Many protests were held within the Palestinian territories in solidarity with Shalabi, and her arrest was condemned by the Palestinian leadership. Shalabi had also been detained previously in 2009 and released two years later in October, 2011 during the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas.
- ^ a b c Palestinian detainee Hana Shalabi ends hunger strike. BBC News. BBC. 2012-03-29.
- ^ "Palestinian prisoner sent to Gaza after ending 43-day hunger strike against Israeli practice". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2012-01-01.[dead link]