The Israeli occupation forces continue arresting Palestinians, despite the ongoing hunger strike of nine Palestinian prisoners against their administrative detention.
Today, August 16, 2023, the IOF arrested 19 Palestinians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
In Jerusalem, seven Palestinians were arrested, including two children, Uday Abu Al-Saad from Shuafat camp, Mohamed Essam Idkidek and Omar Saqr from Al-Eizariya, Ahmed Ayyad from Abu Dis, and Mohamed Khalil Hamdan from Anata, and the two children, Mohamed Salman Al-Shweiki (12) and Luay Hidayah (14), from Silwan.
In Jenin, the three young men Akram Al-Hamdan, Obeida Al-Saidy, and Qassam Al-Fayed were arrested.
In Ramallah, the young man, Mohamed Al-Bazzar, from Surda was arrested..
In Tulkarm, three young men near Nour Shams camp were arrested Ahmed Hashem Alyan (18), Mohamed Moayad Alyan, and Ayash Yasser Hassan (16), and the two brothers Nadi and Mahmoud Hassan Al-Hilu, from Balaa.
In Bethlehem, the IOF arrested the released prisoner, Atef Mohamed Thawabteh (28), from Beit Fajjar in the south.
In the Gaza Strip, the occupation navy arrested the fishermen, Awad Fathi Al-Sultan (35) and Ghaith Abu Aoun (26), after attacking and seizing their boat in the Gaza Sea.
Furthermore, nine prisoners in the Israeli orisons continue their open hunger strike against their administrative detention.
The striking prisoners are: Kayed Al-Fasfous and Sultan Khalouf, who have been on hunger strike for 14 days, Osama Daqrouq, 10 days in “Raymond” prison, Hadi Naji Nazzal and Mohamed Tayseer Zakarneh And Anas Ahmed Kamil, Abdel-Rahman Iyad Baraka, Mohamed BassemAkhmees, and Zuhdi Talal Abido.
Last Monday, four administrative detainees suspended their strike, which lasted for 16 days.
It is noteworthy that the occupation continues to detain five brothers from the Al-Fasfus family: Hassan Al-Fasfus (37), Khaled (35), Akram (39), and Hafez (40).
Administrative detention is known as detention without charge or trial, based on a secret file that the detainee or his lawyer cannot see, and according to the military orders of the occupation, the administrative detention order can be renewed unlimited times, as an administrative detention order is issued for a maximum period of six months, renewable, in violation Clear and explicit provisions of international humanitarian law.
The number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in the occupation prisons is about 4,900 prisoners, including 28 female prisoners, and 1,200 administrative detainees.
