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.



Netanyahu Says Israel Won't Stop Striking Hezbollah

Lebanese army soldiers and residents stand in front of a damaged building in the southern suburb of Beirut following an Israeli raid, in Beirut, Lebanon, 26 September 2024. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH
Lebanese army soldiers and residents stand in front of a damaged building in the southern suburb of Beirut following an Israeli raid, in Beirut, Lebanon, 26 September 2024. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH
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Netanyahu Says Israel Won't Stop Striking Hezbollah

Lebanese army soldiers and residents stand in front of a damaged building in the southern suburb of Beirut following an Israeli raid, in Beirut, Lebanon, 26 September 2024. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH
Lebanese army soldiers and residents stand in front of a damaged building in the southern suburb of Beirut following an Israeli raid, in Beirut, Lebanon, 26 September 2024. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel is striking Lebanon’s Hezbollah “with full force” and won’t stop until its goals are achieved.

Netanyahu spoke as he landed in New York to attend the annual UN General Assembly meeting and as US, European and some Arab officials were pressing for a 21-day halt in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah to give time for negotiations.

Netanyahu said Israel’s “policy is clear. We are continuing to strike Hezbollah with full force. And we will not stop until we reach all our goals, chief among them the return of the residents of the north securely to their homes.”

He added that he approved the “targeted killing operation” of the head of Hezbollah’s drone unit in south Beirut Thursday.

Israel has dramatically escalated strikes in Lebanon this week, saying it is targeting Hezbollah. Israeli leaders have said they are determined to stop more than 11 months of cross-border fire by the group into Israel, which has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of Israelis from communities in the north.