1,300 Palestinian detainees start 1-day hunger strike in Israeli jails
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A nongovernmental organization said on Wednesday some 1,300 Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails started a one-day hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinian detainee Kayed al-Fasfous.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement that 1,300 Palestinian detainees held under the notorious Israeli administrative detention started the hunger strike to voice solidarity with al-Fasfous, who has been on hunger strike for 63 days.
The Israeli policy of administrative detention allows authorities to extend the detention of a Palestinian prisoner indefinitely without charge or trial.
According to the NGO statement, al-Fasfous has entered a difficult health situation.
Al-Fasfous, 34, from the Dura town, southwestern Hebron, was detained by the Israeli forces in May and placed under administrative detention without charge or trial.
According to the latest figures, nearly 5,200 Palestinians are languishing in Israeli jails, including 38 women, 170 minors and more than 1,200 placed under the administrative detention.
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