Some 1,600 Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli prisons entered their 19th day of mass hunger strike on Friday.
The Palestinian prisoners launched the strike on April 17, with scores of others joining in waves in the days since. The prisoners have only been consuming salt and water during the strike, without additives, vitamins, or other supplements.
According to the Media Committee of the Freedom and Dignity Strike -- a joint committee formed by the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) and Palestinian Committee for Prisoners' Affairs, Israeli Prison Service (IPS) forces transferred all 41 hunger-striking prisoners from Ashkelon prison, which is located in southern Israeli along the Mediterranean, to Ohalei Keidar prison in the Negev desert.
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) released a statement on Thursday, expressing its concerns over the potentially "severe implications" of the strike.
The PLC called on the UN secretary general "to personally intervene to the Israeli government to stop its suppressive measures, and to call for respecting international Law, and International Humanitarian Law, including the Fourth Geneva Fourth Geneva Convention." The UN intervention may protect the lives of the Palestinian hunger strikers, and put an end to the state of tension inside the Israeli jails as well as outside," the statement said.
     
Source: QNA