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Some 1500 Palestinian prisoners launch hunger strike

Palestinian protesters wave their national flag during a demonstration in the West Bank town of Bethlehem to show their support for Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails after hundreds of detainees launched a hunger strike on April 17, 2017. © AFP

Mona Kandil
Press TV, Ramallah

Some 1,500 Palestinians held in Israeli jails have started a mass hunger strike in protest against their dire conditions. The strike began early on Monday. Israel says it has sent special units tasked with quelling riots and disorder to the prisons where hunger strikes are taking place.


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