That would fit with the current China Pakistan warmup.
if you want to keep a hunger striker alive you have to feed them; stomach tube but can bite it, IV's - hard to get right nutrition wise, puree and put enough up to get to small intestine to digest.
None would be pleasant.
Paddock had deep state ties most of his life - very shady. Gambling was a way to launder his pay.
The stuff about that I would like to know more about is the prototype battery that went missing.