RAMALLAH (PIC)– A state of tension is still prevailing among the Palestinian prisoners in Gilboa prison following the IOF break-in into the prisoners’ rooms Monday.
A number of detainees including the leader in al-Qassam Brigades Ibrahim Hamed were transferred to Shatta prison.
Following his visit to the prison the lawyer Jawad Boulos confirmed in a press release that Israeli forces heavily armed broke into the prisoners’ rooms in section 1 accompanied by police dogs.
He pointed out that nine prisoners have been transferred from their prisons. Muhammad Sabagh has been moved to Hadarim prison while Ahmed Awad Osama Hanani Youssef Qandil Samer Ayat and Alaa Freihat were transferred to Nafha prison he added.
Yasser Hamdouna was also transferred to Raymond prison and Majdi Abu al-Wafa to Ofer prison while the leader Ibrahim Hamed has been moved to Shatta prison he clarified.
The lawyer stated that the IPS has imposed a number of sanctions against the prisoners including closing the section preventing family visits depriving them from using their electrical equipment and preventing them from using the canteen.
As a response to these harsh penalties the prisoners refused their meals protesting the IPS measures. Boulos pointed out to the ongoing negotiations between the prisoners and the prison administration in order to restore stability to the prison.
