A general strike has swept the occupied West Bank and the blockaded Gaza Strip on Thursday in solidarity with the Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli jails.
Commercial shops have shut their doors since the early morning hours. Solidarity banners and hunger strikers’ pictures figure everywhere across the streets.
Public means of transport academic institutions banks and private companies have also gone out of operation in several cities.
Calls have meanwhile been launched by youth activists for stepping up protest moves across all flashpoints with the Israeli occupation.
Some 1500 Palestinian detainees joined a mass hunger strike that has swept Israeli jails since April 17 to protest mistreatment and press for basic human rights.
