Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday called on Palestinians to continue what he termed the "prisoners' intifada" in support of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
The Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency quoted Haniyeh as saying, "We will fight in all arenas, take responsibility and pay the toll for the sake of their freedom."
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Haniyeh said at an event in support of prisoners on Sunday that the hunger strikers and protests in solidarity with them " tell the story of a people and a cause. They tell a story of imprisonment and a blessed march of Jihad on the land of Palestine, namely in prisons."
