Jihad Ahmed Mujstafa Diyab also known as Abu Wa'el Dhiab was born in Lebanon. He was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp, in Cuba until he was released to Uruguay.[2] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 722. Dhiab was one of the longest Guantanamo hunger strikers.[3] There were fears he would die in custody when his weight dropped to dangerously low levels.