Palestinian Prisoners to Begin Hunger Strike, Warns Commission of Detainees Affairs

Palestinians during a rally to demand the release of prisoners in Israeli prisons (File Photo: EPA)
Palestinians during a rally to demand the release of prisoners in Israeli prisons (File Photo: EPA)
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Palestinian Prisoners to Begin Hunger Strike, Warns Commission of Detainees Affairs

Palestinians during a rally to demand the release of prisoners in Israeli prisons (File Photo: EPA)
Palestinians during a rally to demand the release of prisoners in Israeli prisons (File Photo: EPA)

Palestinian prisoners in all Israeli jails will go on an open hunger strike against the "arbitrary policies of the Israeli prison administration," announced the Palestinian Commission of Detainees Affairs.

The commission said that the Israeli occupation prisons administration essentially reinforced the repression units of all sections.

The Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) quoted the commission's media official, Thaer Shreiteh, as saying that the prisoners are continuing their struggle against the arbitrary policies of the occupation.

Shreitah indicated that the prisoners seek to cancel all the penalties imposed on them, such as confiscating electronics, imposing fines, and sentencing them to solitary confinement.

The detainees also want guards' attacks, incursions, and arbitrary searches to be stopped.

Israeli administration increased its cell searches after the six prisoners escaped to freedom from Gilboa prison months ago.

Shreiteh warned against summoning forces from the army and repression units near the police stations and in the vicinity of the prisons, considering it an indication of a dangerous and alarming escalation.

He indicated that the Israeli administration intends to carry out incursions and repression, according to the German News Agency.

The prisoners may resort to escalation through an open hunger strike, in conjunction with the administrative prisoners' boycott of the occupation courts for the 44th consecutive day.

The Israeli Prisons Administration sent massive reinforcements on Friday, fearing a prisoners' revolution after Friday prayers.



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Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrives to attend the European Council in Brussels on June 26, 2025. (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrives to attend the European Council in Brussels on June 26, 2025. (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)
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Greek PM: Greece Wants to Cooperate with Libya to Stop Migration

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrives to attend the European Council in Brussels on June 26, 2025. (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrives to attend the European Council in Brussels on June 26, 2025. (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday that Greece is looking to cooperate with Libya to halt migration flows.

"I will inform my colleagues over the significant increase in the number of people from eastern Libya and ask for the support of the European Commission so that the issue can be addressed immediately," he said ahead of an EU summit in Brussels.

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