Some 32 prisoners hunger strike in solidarity with former detainee
Hunger striking is considered a violation of prison rules, so the strikers were moved to isolation and put in cells with no furniture as a punishment.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFPalestinian prisoners wait to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007(photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN / REUTERS)
Some 32 Palestinian prisoners began a hunger strike on Monday at Ayalon Prison in solidarity with a hospitalized former administrative detainee who is also on hunger strike, according to the Israel Prisons Service spokesperson.Hunger striking is considered a violation of prison rules and so the strikers were moved to isolation and put in cells with no furniture as a punishment.The former administrative detainee, who is hospitalized at the Kaplan Medical Center, was detained until a September 22 ruling by Israel's Supreme Court and is no longer in the care of the Prisons Service.The IPS said that it has a "zero tolerance policy towards violations of rules" and that, "as always, we will respond professionally and determinedly to hunger strikes even during the complex situation posed by the coronavirus."
