Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails decided to declare an open-ended hunger strike starting from March 25 till meeting their demands rights sources revealed Wednesday.
The Supreme National Emergency Committee for Palestinian Prisoners affirmed that the prisoners will be engaged in a mass hunger strike as the Israeli prison authorities refuse to meet their demands mainly to lift the newly-imposed punitive measures.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PSS) also affirmed that the Palestinian prisoners already started to prepare for the collective hunger strike.
Meanwhile the PPS said that Israeli prison forces stormed Section 13 in Nafha prison in Beersheba on Wednesday.
Two prisoners were isolated in the same section the sources added.
Meanwhile hundreds of Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails have continued refusing to show up for their court sessions for more than two months.
Tension has been running high in Israeli jails as Palestinian prisoners decided to escalate their protest steps since the start of the year in rejection of the Israeli collective punitive measures declared after the Gilboa prison break.
4500 Palestinian prisoners are currently held in Israeli jails including 34 women 180 minors and about 500 administrative detainees.
