Palestinian Islamic Jihad prisoners announce hunger strike

Most of the 400 prisoners belonging to Islamic Jihad have begun their hunger strike against Israel’s punitive measures.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement has announced the start of a mass hunger strike by its prisoners held in Israeli jails, in refusal of the punitive measures imposed on them following the escape of six Palestinians from Gilboa prison last month.

Palestinian prisoners are divided into cells according to their political affiliation.

Most of the prisoners who belong to the Islamic Jihad, who number about 400, will participate in the strike, with the support of all other factions, that started on Wednesday.