Hundreds of Palestinians held by Israel on hunger strike

August 05, 2016 20:12

Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli prisons were observing a hunger strike today, in a new wave of protest that Palestinian officials said was expected to grow.

Some of the strikers accused Israeli jailers of "harassment" while others refused food in solidarity with prisoner Bilal Kayed, who has been fasting for 52 days over his detention without trial, Palestinian officials said.

An Israeli prison official said that a large part of the protest seemed to be in response to a decision by authorities to hold prisoners from the militant movement Hamas in separate cells.

The Palestinian Prisoners Club said in a statement that 80 prisoners stopped eating today, joining 325 who have been fasting for the past two days at various prisons in Israel and the occupied West Bank.

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