Protests, rocket salvos after Palestinian hunger striker dies in Israeli custody
Khader Adnan, a leader of the militant Islamic Jihad group, helped introduce the practice of protracted hunger strikes as a form of protest.
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Palestinian Khader Adnan, center, is greeted by Palestinians after his release from an Israeli prison in the West Bank village of Arrabeh near Jenin, Sunday, July 12, 2015. Palestinian prisoner Adnan died in Israeli custody early Tuesday, May 2, after a hunger strike of nearly three months, Israel’s prison service announced.2/16
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Palestinian kids wave their national flag and hold posters showing Khader Adnan, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant who died in Israeli prison after a nearly three-month hunger strike, in the West Bank village of Arrabe, near Jenin, Tuesday, May 2. Adnan began his strike shortly after being arrested on Feb. 5. Adnan, a leader in the Islamic Jihad militant group, had gone on hunger strikes several times after previous arrests. Arabic on poster reads "The Islamic Jihad in Palestine mourns the beloved leader Khader Adnan. The martyr of dignity, who died while he was engaged in a respectful strike in his empty stomach after a hunger strike that lasted 86 days."3/16
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Randa, wife of Khader Adnan, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant who died in Israeli prison after a nearly three-month hunger strike, speaks to the media in the West Bank village of Arrabe, near Jenin, Tuesday, May 2.4/16
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Relatives of Khader Adnan, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant who died in Israeli prison after a nearly three-month hunger strike, mourn at his family home, in the West Bank village of Arrabe, near Jenin, Tuesday, May 2.5/16
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Relatives of Khader Adnan, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant who died in Israeli prison after a nearly three-month hunger strike (on the poster) mourn at his family home, in the West Bank village of Arrabe, near Jenin, Tuesday, May 2.6/16
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A Palestinian woman walks past a mural of Khader Adnan, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant who died in Israeli prison after a nearly three-month hunger strike, in Gaza City, Tuesday, May 2.7/16
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Palestinians walk by closed shops during a general strike called after the death of Khader Adnan, a Palestinian prisoner who died in Israeli custody after a nearly three-month hunger strike, in the West Bank city of Nablus, Tuesday, May 2.8/16
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An Israeli firefighter looks at a fields ablaze after being struck by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, near the southern Israeli city of Sderot, Tuesday, May 2. The Israeli military says that Palestinian militants in Gaza have fired a barrage of rockets following the death of Khader Adnan, a high-profile Palestinian prisoner in Israeli custody after a nearly three-month-long hunger strike.9/16
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A man holds his dog next to a field ablaze after being struck by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, near the southern Israeli city of Sderot, Tuesday, May 2.10/16
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Israeli youth stand at the entrance to a bomb shelter in a smoke-filled street after rockets fired from the Gaza Strip struck Israel, near the southern Israeli city of Sderot, Tuesday, May 2.11/16
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An Israeli child inspects damage to his house hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, at the southern Israeli city of Sderot, Tuesday, May 2.12/16
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Israeli youth look at a car hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, at the southern Israeli city of Sderot, Tuesday, May 2.13/16
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Smoke and fire rise from an explosion caused by an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City, late Tuesday, May 2. The Israeli military said it had started airstrikes on Gaza targets, in response to earlier rocket salvos from the coastal strip, run by the militant Hamas group.14/16
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Smoke and fire rise from an explosion caused by an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City, late Tuesday, May 2.15/16
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Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel are seen from Israeli side of the border, Tuesday, May 2.16/16
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Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza Strip, late Tuesday, May 2.
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