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 Commission of Detainees' Affairs denounced the acts of suppression and attacks committed against the detainees of Ofer prison by "YAMAZ and DROUR" Special Forces.

The commission stated that "YAMAZ" Special Forces and another unit from the prison stormed section (21) and attacked its detainees and destroyed their belongings, and then moved them to section (18), which created a state of tension and irritation among detainees.

Moreover, the incursion was carried out without any justification, and the Special Forces intended to provoke the detainees on purpose, where they damaged the detainees' belongings and stuff.

The Commission said that the occupation authorities hold full responsibility on the incidents of Ofer prison and called on the international human rights organizations to intervene and stop the Israeli crimes against Palestinian detainees.

It is noteworthy that (120) detainees are currently held at section (21), which includes the highest number of Ofer's detainees.

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.

The Head of the Commission of Detainees' Affairs, MG. Qadri Abu Baker warns from the dangerous health condition of the detainee Abu Atwan (28), who is on hunger strike since two months, in a protest against his administrative detention.

Abu Baker stated that the detainee suffers from numbness and fluid loss, which may cause damage in the functions of his organs. He might be paralyzed or becomes a martyr at any time due to the recurrent relapse and coma.

Moreover, Abu Baker pointed out that the Israeli occupation still deal with the case of Abu Atwan with carelessness and do not provide any actual solution. They seek to ignore his health condition and let him die, preventing him from attaining his demands of ending his administrative detention.

Abu Bakr held the occupation fully responsible for the life of the captive Abu Atwan, and called on the international community and international institutions to practice pressure against the Israeli authorities to immediately release him and save his life before it is too late, and called on the Palestinian people for continuous solidarity with him until victory is achieved.

 It is noteworthy that the occupation authorities issued a decision to freeze the administrative detention of the detainee Ghadanfar Abu Antwan, who was arrested on October 2020, and announced his hunger strike 61 days ago, but the occupation authorities keep him detained inside the Israeli "Kaplan" hospital.

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.

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs denounced the detention of the executive director of the Health Work Committees Shatha Odeh, from her house at Ein Musbah neighborhood in Ramallah.

The Commission stated that the Israeli occupation forces had stormed the headquarter of the Health Work Committees institution last month and closed the main door of the institution, posted a military order on the door stating that the closure will be for 6 months, and prevented the employees from entering their offices.

The Commission pointed out that the occupation authorities are targeting this institution since its establishment, where many of its employees have been arrested.    

The head of the commission of   detainees'  Affairs    Major General Qadri Abu Bakr, warned  about the dangerous and alarming deterioration of health conditions for the hunger-striking detainees, Ghadanfar Abu Atwan, (28), and the sick detainee, Iyad Hrebt, (39), both from Dura, south of Hebron.

During his visit, Abu Bakr and a delegation from the commission to the tent of solidarity with the detainees Abu Atwan and Hrebat ,stated that the health condition of Abu Atwan is deteriorating seriously and there is a actual concern that he might lose his life or might have failure in his organs amid a state of raciest Israeli stubbornness and the silence of international community.

He added there is a real concern that Abu Atwan might have a heart failure due to the continues strike since (57) days and restraining from taking supplements and that suffers from severe weight loss, weakness in his heart beats, severe chest ,joints and waist pain, suffocation attacks and recurrent coma.

He also pointed out that the detainee Iyad Hrebat from Hebron, who has been arrested since 2002 )and sentenced to life imprisonment, a crime of medical ignorance was committed against him after the suspicion of giving him contamination injection which caused   bacterial spread in his body in( 2014).

Besides, he was spared with toxic gas which caused burns in his body during an attack against detainees at the Remon prison,

Then he was diagnosed with neurological disease which caused   shivering, speech problems, movement problems and temporary memory loss.

However, the occupation authorities did not provide the appropriate medical treatment under the policy of slow and deliberate murder, which is practiced against Palestinian detainees.

Abu Baker called on the international community and the international humanitarian and human rights organizations to stop the slow murder of both detainees Abu Atwan and  Hrebat before it is too late.