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April 9, 2019       Share:    

Source: https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/.premium-palestinian-prisoners-begin-hunger-strike-despite-agreement-with-israel-1.7105265

Palestinian Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike over Cellphone Jamming

(Ha'aretz) Josh Breiner and Jack Khoury - Palestinian security prisoners from Hamas and Islamic Jihad began a hunger strike on Monday despite previous agreements to postpone it. They have demanded that Israel remove new equipment jamming the prisoners' contraband cell phones. Sources said Dr. Yuval Bitton, head of the Israel Prison Service's intelligence division, told prisoners that Israel would agree to place public telephones in the prison wards, but the arrangement was refused. A senior figure linked to Hamas' prison network said last week that the hunger strike's ultimate goal is to pressure Israel to advance a prisoner exchange with Hamas.

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