The cause of Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails needs real international intervention and serious Arab actions to stop the flagrant violations practiced against them, which breaches all humanitarian laws, said the Head of the Commission of Detainees; Affairs Qadri Abu Baker. Abu Baker pointed out, in a press conference organized by the Ministry of Information and the National Committee for supporting detainees, that there are 5.000 detainees distributed to 22 prisons, including 700 sick detainees, 230 minors, 43 women, 500 administrative detainees and 5 on hunger strike.
They live in bad and cruel detention conditions which require international, legal and human rights efforts to save them.
Abu Baker warned of the seriousness of health conditions of detainees on hunger strike, especially the detainee Ahmad Ghannam who entered a strike since 100 days, the detainee Hiba Labadi who entered a strike since 28 days, Tareq Qa'dan, Ismail
Ali, Mus'ab Hindi and Ahman Zahran.