The Commission for Ex-Prisoners' Affairs said today, Sunday, that four prisoners are on an open hunger strike as a result of Israeli violations and arbitrary administrative decisions issued against them.

The Commission explained that the striking detainees are: Kayed Al-Fasfus, who is in the Negev prison from Dura in Hebron (34 years old). He has been on strike for 33 days and has been detained since May 2. He is a former prisoner who spent about 7 years in the occupation prisons, and he went on a hunger strike in The end of May and the beginning of last June for 9 days. He also went on strike in 2021 against his administrative detention, which lasted for 131 days.

Prisoner Sultan Khallouf (42 years old), who is in Al-Jalamah prison from the town of Burqin near Jenin, has been on strike for 33 days, since the moment of his arrest at the beginning of last month. An administrative detention order has been issued against him for a period of four months, knowing that he is a former prisoner who spent years in the occupation prisons. He went on a hunger strike in 2019 that lasted for 67 days, rejecting his administrative detention.

Prisoner Abdul Rahman Iyad Baraqa (24 years old) from Aqabat Jabr camp in Jericho has also continued his strike for 26 days. He has been detained since April 30 and has been in Raymond prison, and prisoner Maher Al-Akhras (52 years old) from the town of Silat Al-Dhahr in Jenin for 11 years. One day, he is a former prisoner who spent five years in the occupation prisons, the last of which was in 2020, during which he embarked on an open hunger strike in rejection of his administrative detention, which lasted for 103 days. He is married and a father of six children, knowing that he is in the cells of Al-Jalameh detention center.

It is worth mentioning that the number of administrative detainees in the occupation prisons exceeded 1,200 detainees, and this percentage is the highest in several years

Source: Maan News Agency