Hundreds of Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails have been on an open-ended strike for the second consecutive day to protest ill-treatment by the Israeli wardens.
Nearly 1500 Palestinian detainees started an open-ended hunger strike on Monday to mark the Palestinian Prisoners Day and speak up for their infringed rights.
The hunger strike also comes in response to the psycho-physical torture preplanned medical neglect solitary confinement and arbitrary sentences Palestinians have been subjected to in Israeli lock-ups.
In the meantime the Israeli occupation authorities opted for a series of punitive measures to force the detainees to throw in the towel. A number of hunger strikers were transferred to isolated cells.
Member of the hunger strike follow-up committee Amani Sarahna said a number of detainees including Marwan al-Barghouti Karim Younis and Mahmoud Abu Sourour were transferred to solitary confinement in Jalama prison.
The Hebrew-speaking Walla news site said a meeting of the Israeli security commission chaired by Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan culminated in an agreement to subject every detainee who joins the hunger strike to exhaustive inter-prison transfers and a round of penalties.
The commission further decided to step up search campaigns across Palestinian prison sections so as to force the detainees to succumb to pressure and halt the hunger strike.
