OCCUPIED AL-QUDS, (ST)_Many Palestinians in Bethlehem in the West Bank participated on Monday in a solidarity stand with the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails, calling on the international community to intervene immediately to stop the Israeli occupation authorities’ practices against Palestinian prisoners.
According to WAFA News Agency, the participants in the stand gathered outside the doors of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) upon a call from the Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and Palestinian Club.
They raised the pictures of the pregnant prisoner Anhar Al-Deek and another 6 prisoners who continue with their hunger strike in the Israeli jails.
In another development, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a Palestinian young man in Der Astia town to the west of Selfit city in the West Bank.
The Palestinian prisoners are subjected to ill-treatment, deliberate medical negligence and physical and verbal abuse, media reports affirm.
About 5,300 Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli prisons face difficult detention conditions, including 550 prisoners, who need urgent medical intervention.
Basma Qaddour