Palestinian enters uncharted territory with 89-day hunger strike

A Palestinian detainee has entered uncharted medical territory with a hunger strike of 89 days - longer than protest fasts by other Palestinians or by prisoners in Northern Ireland in 1981, an advocacy group has said.

Mohammed al-Qeq, 33, a long-time activist in the Islamic militant Hamas group, is under observation at an Israeli hospital, but has refused all treatment unless he is released.