Palestinian woman detained by Israel stages hunger strike

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Hana Shalbi says she was subjected to embarrassing body search by a male Israeli soldier, was assaulted when she resisted, and put in periodic solitary confinement as punishment for hunger strike.

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"A Palestinian woman from Islamic Jihad has been on a hunger strike since the Israeli authorities placed her under administrative detention 11 days ago.

This is the second high-profile hunger strike by an Islamic Jihad member in recent months. Khader Adman, a senior official in the organization, ended a 67-day fast last week after Israel agreed to release him from administrative detention on April 17. Administrative detention involves imprisonment without trial for up to six months.

The woman, Hana Shalbi, 30, says she was subjected to an embarrassing body search by a male Israeli soldier upon being detained and was assaulted when she resisted. Shalbi says prison authorities have put her in periodic solitary confinement as punishment for her hunger strike."

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"Shalbi is a resident of the West Bank village of Burkin near Jenin. She previously served 25 months under administrative detention; her detentions was repeatedly renewed. She was set free as part of the prisoner-exchange deal that freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit."

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