Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Ofer jail refused to take meals on Saturday for the second day running in protest at the harsh incarceration conditions they are exposed to.
The Ofer prisoners decided on Saturday to return meals to protest the shortage of essential needs including blankets mattresses and clothes.
The prisoners complain of the Ofer administration’s failure to meet their basic needs and to consider the difficult situation in the jail which receives a large number of new detainees on a regular basis.
In another incident prisoner Khalil Awawdeh has entered day 24 of his hunger strike which he staged to protest his administrative detention with no indictment or trial.
On the 11th day of his hunger strike the Ofer administration transferred him to an isolation cell according to Muhjat al-Quds Foundation.
The Ofer administration also prevents the prisoner from taking a daily walk outside the cell.
Awawdeh a father of four children was kidnaped on December 27 2021 because of his affiliation with the Islamic Jihad Movement.
