The commission of detainees stated that nine detainees are continuing their hunger strike, protesting against their administrative detention, while the prison service practice pressure against detainees to prevent them from continuing their hunger strike by transferring the detainees between prisons and detention cells, in addition of preventing the lawyers from visiting the detainees.

The commission also stated that the strikers detainees include: the detainee Salem Zedat who is on hunger strike since (37) days and the detainee Mujahed Hamed since (35) days, at Ramlah prison.

Moreover, the detainees kayed Al Fasfous  since (34) days  at Asqalan prison ,Rafat Darwesh since (27) days at “Ohli kdar “ prison , Miqdad Qawasmi  since (27) days at Ofar prison ,Yousef ALamer since (20) days at Negev prison ,Ahmad Mahamra since (18) days at Negev prison ,Akram Fasfous  since ( 13) days at Remon prison and last but not least, Alaa Arraj since (9) days .

The commission stated that the government of occupation and prison services should hold full responsibility on the lives of detainees on hunger strike and their deteriorating health conditions.

The Israeli occupation authorities continue to use the policy of administrative detention against Palestinian detainees, where the Commission of detainees stated that 89 orders of administrative detention have been issued on July, including 38 new orders and 60 renewal orders.

The Commission pointed out that the Israeli military laws related to the orders of administrative detention are based on the mandatory emergency law of 1954, and that Israel still applying it on the Palestinian detainees, breaching all the international laws and norms. However, the number of administrative detainees in Israeli prisons is nearly 540.

The Commission denounced the harsh policies implemented by Israel against our detainees, which have been used as a collective punishment for detainees and their families.

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs denounced the continuous incursions and attacks against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, which aim at destroying the stability of their daily life and undermining their resistance and determination.

The commission stated that the attack is continuous since many years, which increased remarkably in the last few months, the last of which was yesterday at Ashkelon Prison, where the Special Units (Yamam, Drour and Mitsada) broke into section (3), attacked and beat detainees and then moved them to another section.

The Commission called on the Human Rights organizations to stop these continuous crimes against our detainees, and end the silence that encourages Israel to go on in its revenge and enmity.

Detainees in the darkness of prison are subjected to intentional medical ignorance by the prison's service, where some of them have chronic and dangerous diseases without any medical supervision worsen their health conditions, in the light of violating international charters by prison's service, which stipulate on the necessity of providing detainees with the appropriate medical care.

The commission stated that there is a group of detainees that are under intentional medical ignorance, such as: Wadah Bizra from Nablus, who is sentenced to life imprisonment and fifty years and detained in Jelboa prison, where he suffers from abdominal pain and vomits anything he eats,  and he needs urgent medical care.

Another detainee Emad Ikmail (55) years old from Jenin is suffering from respiratory obstruction and he needs an urgent operation. He also suffers from problems in the abdomen and Urinary tract. Ikmail threatens to go on a hunger stick in case he was not provided with medical treatment.

The commission of detainee’s stated that Israeli prison service holds full responsibly due to using the policy of medical ignorance against the Palestinian detainees, calling on international organizations, human rights organizations and the Red Cross to  be obliged to its commitments towards the cause of detainees.

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated that the detainee Ahmad Hamamreh from Bethlehem, who is detained since 17/8/2020, started a hunger strike since 3 days, protesting against his administrative detention. The court refused the plea of him, and he is currently held at Negev prison.

According to the family of the detainee Husam Rabaei from Hebron, Husam has ended his strike, after turning his administrative detention into a lawsuit.

It is worthy to mention that besides to Hamamreh, there are 16 detainees who are on hunger strike against their administrative detention, such as the detainee Salem Zedat from Hebron who started his strike since 22 days, Muhammad Imar from Tulkarem/ 20 days, Mujahed Hamed from Ramallah/ 20 days, Kayed Fasfous, Mahmoud Fasfous, Raafat Daraweesh and Jevara Namoura from Hebron/19 days, Maher Dlayasheh and from Ramllah/ 14 days, and the detainees Ahmad Abu Sel, Muhammad Abu Sel and Fadi Imour from Hebron and Ahmad Nazzal from Jenin / 13 days.

The detainee Meqdad Qawasmeh is on hunger strike since 12 days, where his health condition is getting worse and he has pain in the kidney. The detainee Muhammad Nuwara is striking since 9 days, protesting against his solitary confinement.

The detainee Yousef Amer started a hunger strike since 5 days, protesting against his administrative detention, where the number of striking detainees is likely to increase in the coming days.

The head of the Commission of Detainees' Affairs MG. Qadri Abu Baker condemned the Israeli public piracy of the money of the Palestinian people, under the pretext of paying allowances of the families of martyrs and detainees.

Abu Baker expressed his anger towards the international community and its organizations which remained silent and watching the public robbery of this Palestinian right, represented by deducting more than (590.000.000) NIS, under the pretext that it is given to "terrorist".

He asked the international community publicly, is it terrorism to help these struggling families to attain the minimum elements of decent life? Or to deprive the detainee Khaleda Jarar of bidding farewell to her daughter Suha who passed away and buried without the presence of her mother.

Moreover, Abu Baker stated that we have many questions for the international community, and today we address the international embassies and consulates and the organizations of international community to stop the silence which offend the system and all its elements. It doesn’t make sense that Israel is still practicing its arrogance, hatred and criminality without holding them accountable.

He assured that serving our detainees and their families is not negotiable and it is guaranteed by international rules and laws.

Abu baker's statements came during his visit to many released detainees from Nablus who spent long years in jails, where he honored the detainees Wadah Edely and Fahed Hamael who spent 15, 13 years respectively.

The head of the Commission of Detainees' Affairs MG.Qadri Abu Baker assured that the situation inside the prisons is unbearable, and that the break-ins and attacks on detainees are increasing, the last of which is the  violent break-in of  section (16) at Ofar prison.

Abu Baker expressed his deep concerns towards the prison’s policy in targeting the stability of the daily life of detainees, which is proceeding within a systematic plan supported by the highest political and military parties in the occupation's government.

1. Qadri Abu Baker called on the international community to end the attack against detainees immediately, and to hold Israel accountable for its crimes and its violations of international laws, conventions and treaties.

Abu Baker's statements came during honoring the detainees Ramez Rimawi and Nour Abu Rjeleh.

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated that the Israeli Special Forces stormed   section (3) of Ashkelon prison, and did some inspections and destroyed their properties.

It is reported that the Israeli forces abused the detainees and messed with the cantina and their personal belongings, they also moved the detainee Mohammad nowara who is on a hunger strike from Ashkelon isolation to Beersheba isolation, where he was held in difficult and harsh conditions.

The Commission pointed out that section (3) of Ashkelon prison contains a lot of detainees with serious health conditions such as: Muwafq Erouq ,Mamduh Amro ,Shadi Musa, Authman Abu Kharaj and Yasser Abu Shukhdom .  

The detainee Muneef Abu Atwan called on the international and local human rights organizations to force the Israeli authorities to release his nephew and save his life, who started his hunger-strike since 64 days protesting against his administrative detention. He also called on the Palestinian institutions to support Ghadanfar in his battle.

Muneef said to the lawyer of the commission during a visit at "Rimon" prison that he decided to inter a hunger strike in solidarity with his nephew last June, who is currently held at "Kaplan" hospital in a serious health condition.

He pointed out that the occupation authorities targeted his nephew on purpose after 40 days of his strike, where he was tortured and brutally attacked by the Israeli jailors. Besides, the Israeli prison's administration purposely ignored his health condition which led to the deterioration and relapse of his situation.

He also added that the decision of freezing the administrative detention   issued against Ghadanfar is an attempt to end his strike without attaining his demand to suspend the arbitrary administrative detention. Moreover, he pointed out the freezing decision means firstly: that the prisons' administration and the Israeli "intelligence device" are not responsible for his nephew's fate, and secondly: turning him to an unofficial detainee in the hospital, where he will stay under the supervision of hospital's security instead of the jailors' supervision.

 It is worthy to note that the detainee Abu Antwan, 50, is from Durah/ Hebron, detained since 2002 and sentenced to (5) life imprisonment in addition to (40) years. He is married and a father of two daughters.