The detainee in the case of the port explosion in the State Security Prison in Baabda, Sami Hussein, announced his abstinence from eating until justice is achieved and he is released, and that there is a tendency for a number of detainees in this case to announce their hunger strike as well.

Hussein's son indicated that his father is in his seventies and has a heart condition, hypertension and diabetes, and his health condition is very delicate.