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.



Hamas Says it Will Free 6 Living Israeli Hostages on Saturday

Families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza hold banners and photos during a protest near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem on September 30 (EPA)
Families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza hold banners and photos during a protest near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem on September 30 (EPA)
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Hamas Says it Will Free 6 Living Israeli Hostages on Saturday

Families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza hold banners and photos during a protest near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem on September 30 (EPA)
Families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza hold banners and photos during a protest near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem on September 30 (EPA)

A top Hamas leader says the group will release six living Israeli hostages on Saturday.

The six are the last living hostages set to be freed under the first phase of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Three hostages had been expected to be freed on Saturday, The AP reported.

The warring sides have yet to negotiate the second and more difficult phase, in which Hamas would release dozens more hostages in exchange for a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal.

Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya announced the decision in prerecorded remarks on Tuesday.

The releases have come in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.