At least 250 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel have begun a hunger strike to protest their relocation to isolated cells, officials said Wednesday.

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Palestinians: 250 prisoners held by Israel on hunger strike

At least 250 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel have begun a hunger strike to protest their relocation to isolated cells, officials said Wednesday.  The hunger strike, led by the militant Islamic Jihad group, comes amid heightened tensions in Israeli detention facilities following the escape of six prisoners from a high-security prison last month.  All six were recaptured within a couple of weeks, but the escape embarrassed Israeli authorities…

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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — At least 250 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel have begun a hunger strike to protest their relocation to isolated cells, officials said Wednesday.

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Palestinian officials say at least 250 prisoners held by Israel have begun a hunger strike to protest their relocation to isolated cells

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Associated PressRAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian officials say at least 250 prisoners held by Israel have begun a hunger strike to protest their relocation to isolated cells. The strike is led by the militant Islamic Jihad group . It comes amid heightened tensions in Israeli detention facilities following the escape of six prisoners from a high-security prison last month. All six were recaptured within a couple of weeks, bu…

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Hunger strike aims to protest Israeli punitive measures against inmates

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Islamic Jihad inmates stage hunger strike in Israeli jails

Most of the 400 prisoners belonging to Islamic Jihad have begun their hunger strike against Israel’s punitive measures.

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Palestinian Islamic Jihad prisoners announce hunger strike

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250 Islamic Jihad prisoners in Israel launch hunger strike

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian officials say at least 250 prisoners held by Israel have begun a hunger strike to protest their relocation to isolated cells. The strike is led by the militant Islamic Jihad group . It comes amid heightened tensions in Israeli detention facilities following the escape of six prisoners from a high-security prison last month. All six were recaptured within a couple of weeks, but the escape embarrassed Israeli…

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The hunger strike comes after weeks of rising tensions in Israeli prisons, where Israeli authorities have introduced punitive measures over the Gilboa prison break.

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Palestinian prisoners begin hunger strike against 'systemic abuse' in Israeli jails

Some 400 Islamic Palestinian prisoners started a hunger strike on Wednesday in protest of Israel’s repressive measures, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said in a press release that the prisoners have gone on the open-ended hunger strike in protest of the punitive measures imposed against them by the Israeli Prison Services (IPS) following the escape of six prisoners from Gilboa Prison in …

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400 Palestinian Prisoners Start Hunger Strike to Protest Israeli Repressive Measures

Palestinians: 250 prisoners held by Israel on hunger strike

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