Detained Gaza flotilla spokesman Wael Naouar's health critical after 18 days on hunger strike

Wael Naouar, spokesman for the International Sumud Flotilla aid mission for Gaza, has been on hunger strike for 18 days and has lost 19 kilograms and now weighs 56 kilograms, his lawyer Rafed Rabbeh said on Facebook after visiting him in prison on September 3, citing unstable blood sugar, kidney pain, fever and insomnia. Naouar has been detained since March on financial charges tied to the flotilla's fundraising, which he calls a "judicial ambush" over his activism; his wife Jawaher Channa, arrested alongside him, was released in April.

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