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40 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails start hunger strike

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Palestinians demonstrate in front of Ofer Prison in solidarity with 30 prisoners on hunger strike, near the city of Ramallah in West Bank on September 25, 2022. [Issam Rimawi - Anadolu Agency]

Palestinians demonstrate in front of Ofer Prison in solidarity with 30 prisoners on hunger strike, near the city of Ramallah in West Bank on September 25, 2022 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency]

Forty prisoners in the Israeli Ofer and Negev prisons yesterday informed their prison administrations that they would go on a hunger strike on Tuesday.

The detainees’ protest came following the prison administration’s disavowal of a recent agreement that was reached to limit the administrative detention of the Palestinian detainee, Raed Rayan, who had been on a hunger strike for 113 days.

Local media recently reported that the Israeli intelligence had, however, issued a six-month new administrative detention order against Rayan, who has been held behind bars since 3 November 2021.

The striking prisoners were reported to be members of the Fatah and Popular Front Movements.

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