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The long-term hunger striker Maher al-Akhras, on the 90th day of his water-only hunger strike, was finally allowed to receive a visit from his wife and daughter on Sunday. It was a tearful reunion, as ...

In this photo taken Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, Palestinian Khadra al-Akhras poses with a photo of her late daughter Ayat al-Akhras who blew herself up in a suicide bombing outside a Jerusalem supermarket ...

The family of Palestinian detainee Maher al-Akhras said Saturday they have joined him on a hunger strike until he is released. "We announced starting a hunger strike until my father is free,” ...

FILE- A protester holds a placard depicting Palestinian Maher al-Akhras, 49, who has been on a hunger strike after he was arrested and placed into administrative detention by Israel in late July, ...