Arrested on July 22, 2009, when trying to reach his club in the north of the Occupied Territories, Sarsak had been detained since then as an "enemy fighter" but with no charge against him.
تم حبس سرسك بدعوى كونه "عدو مقاتل" منذ القبض عليه يوم 22 يوليو / تموز 2009 بدون توجيه تهم إليه عندما حاول الوصول إلى ناديه بشمال الأراضي المحتلة.