The Palestinian Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs stated that the new group joined the measure of force in solidarity with their compatriots in Israeli jails with no charge or trial.

Two days ago, The Commission spokesperson Hassan Abed Rabbo detailed that there is no sign of talks with the Prison Service.

Abed Rabbo warned that the signs of fatigue and weight loss are already evident among the first 30 strikers.

The protesters, who are members and supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, reject their confinement under the administrative detention policy.

This is a mechanism used by Israel to arrest Palestinians for renewable intervals that usually range from three to six months, based on undisclosed evidence that even the defendant’s lawyer is forbidden to see.

According to several sources, 780 of more than 4,600 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel are under the administrative detention policy, including two children and six women.

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