Zionist Forces Storm Palestinian Prisoner Cells in Ofer
WEST BANK (Dispatches) – A Zionist special unit has morning stormed Palestinian cells in Ofer military prison, where dozens of Hamas members are being detained, and carried out an inspection drill amid rising tension in the Zionist regime’s jails.
The Palestinian Prisoners Media Office said that the storming of Ofer jail was "provocative” and could lead to an escalation with Palestinian prisoners.
There are currently 4,450 Palestinian prisoners in the regime’s jails, including 900 in Ofer. Palestinian prisoners in Ofer have taken part in several hunger strikes in recent years, demanding better living conditions inside the cells, regular family visits and an end to the policy of storming cells to carry out inspections.
Some Palestinian prisoners have been on hunger strikes that lasted over 100 days in protest against the so-called administrative detentions, a highly controversial practice used almost exclusively against Palestinians, which allows for detention without charge or trial for renewable periods of three to six months.
In January, the regime bowed to international pressure and offered Palestinian prisoners the Covid-19 vaccines as part of its nationwide vaccination program.
The regime had dismissed calls to take protective measure inside the cells of Palestinians to minimize the risk of the spread of coronavirus since the pandemic hit the country in March 2020.
In November, around 73 Palestinian prisoners tested positive for Covid-19 inside the regime’s prison of Gilboa.
This is the second time this month that the Zionist regime’s special units have stormed the cells of Palestinian detainees at Ofer.
Separately on Tuesday, Zionist troops arrested six Palestinians, five in the occupied East al-Quds, and one in al-Khalil city, south of the occupied West Bank, Palestine’s official news agency Wafa reported.
The Palestinian Prisoners Media Office said that the storming of Ofer jail was "provocative” and could lead to an escalation with Palestinian prisoners.
There are currently 4,450 Palestinian prisoners in the regime’s jails, including 900 in Ofer. Palestinian prisoners in Ofer have taken part in several hunger strikes in recent years, demanding better living conditions inside the cells, regular family visits and an end to the policy of storming cells to carry out inspections.
Some Palestinian prisoners have been on hunger strikes that lasted over 100 days in protest against the so-called administrative detentions, a highly controversial practice used almost exclusively against Palestinians, which allows for detention without charge or trial for renewable periods of three to six months.
In January, the regime bowed to international pressure and offered Palestinian prisoners the Covid-19 vaccines as part of its nationwide vaccination program.
The regime had dismissed calls to take protective measure inside the cells of Palestinians to minimize the risk of the spread of coronavirus since the pandemic hit the country in March 2020.
In November, around 73 Palestinian prisoners tested positive for Covid-19 inside the regime’s prison of Gilboa.
This is the second time this month that the Zionist regime’s special units have stormed the cells of Palestinian detainees at Ofer.
Separately on Tuesday, Zionist troops arrested six Palestinians, five in the occupied East al-Quds, and one in al-Khalil city, south of the occupied West Bank, Palestine’s official news agency Wafa reported.