Dozens of prisoners continue mass hunger strike in Israeli jails
Dozens of prisoners entered on Monday the third day of the mass hunger strike they staged in solidarity with hunger-strikers Khalil Awawdeh and Ra’ed Rayan.
Last Saturday, about 115 prisoners launched the hunger strike before 85 others joined them on Sunday.
Awawdeh and Rayan have been on hunger strike in protest at their administrative detention for several months.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), another group of prisoners from Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front will join the solidarity hunger strike in the coming days.
The prisoners decided to stage this mass hunger strike after all the attempts to demand the release of Awawdeh and Rayan failed.
PPS said that the health conditions of Awawdeh and Rayan reached critical stages as a result of their prolonged hunger strike.