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Islamic Jihad leader Adhan released from police custody after rearrest

By JPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS

JULY 14, 2015 03:30

Khader Adnan, leader of the Islamic Jihad faction, was released from police custody Tuesday morning after having been detained earlier Monday by Israeli security forces.

Israeli police detained the Palestinian militant leader on Monday for questioning over his travel to Jerusalem, a police spokeswoman said, a day after he was freed from prison in a deal ending an almost two-month-long hunger strike.

Adnan was taken into custody near al Aksa mosque in the Old City in East Jerusalem, which Israel annexed as part of its capital - a move not recognized abroad - and where Palestinians seek independence.

A police spokeswoman said he lacked an Israeli entry permit.

"He has been detained, not arrested," she said. "Whether he will be formally arrested or released will be decided when his questioning is completed."

On Sunday, Adnan was released from an Israeli prison after staging a 56-day hunger strike in protest at being held without trial under so-called administrative detention, a method Israel says it employs as a security measure to prevent violence.

Israel arrested Adnan, 37, last July for the 10th time. Both sides had feared that his death from starvation would hurt a shaky Gaza truce or spur further violence.

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