Israeli authorities have sentenced Bilal Diab, a former long term hunger striker in the occupation jails, to six months of administrative detention, Israel's policy of internment without charge or trial, the Ma'an News Agency reported on Wednesday.

32-year-old Diab entered his 12th day on hunger strike on Tuesday.

He was rearrested in a predawn raid on his home by the Israeli occupation forces on July 14 in the village of Kafr Raai, in the Jenin district of the northern West Bank.

He started a hunger strike the same day of his arrest, according to prisoners rights group Addameer.

Diab has been detained and imprisoned by the occupation on multiple occasions, including through Israel's policy of administrative detention.

Among the pretexts for arresting Diab were allegations of participation in the Islamic Jihad movement, according to Palestinian prisoner solidarity network Samidoun,

His last release from Israeli prison was on December 15, 2015, Ma'an quoted Samidoun as saying.

Diab undertook a 77-day prison hunger strike in 2012, alongside fellow prisoner Thaer Halahleh, in protest of their administrative detentions.

He was released on August 9, 2012 after reaching an agreement with Israeli authorities to end his strike, Ma'an reported.

During administrative detention cases, Israeli authorities withhold evidence against Palestinians, claiming state security concerns.

However, rights groups have instead claimed that the policy allows Israeli authorities to hold Palestinians for an indefinite period of time without providing any evidence.

Administrative detention allows occupation forces to jail Palestinians for three- to six-month renewable intervals.

Rights groups say that Israel's administrative detention policy has also been used as an attempt to disrupt Palestinian political and social processes, notably targeting Palestinian politicians, activists and journalists, Ma'an reported.

According to prisoners’ rights group Addameer, 6,200 Palestinians were detained by Israel as of May, 490 of whom were held in administrative detention.