The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated that the detainee Zakaria Zubaidi (45 years) ,who is currently detained at the isolation of Ayalon prison, lives in a difficult conditions and on hunger strike since 12 days, in support of his colleagues who are on hunger strike protesting against their administrative detention.

The Commission confirmed, by the advocate Fawaz Shalloudi, that Zakaria Zubaidi won't end his strike unless the two detainees awawdeh and rayan are transferred to a hospital.

The administration of prisons imposed many punishments, since announcing his strike, represented in isolating him in individual cell and take all the electric appliances from his cell.

The Commission pointed out that Zakaria Zubaidi is one of the six detainees who escaped from Jelboa prison last September, where he was rearrested on September 11. He got sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of 5000 NIS.

It is worthy to mention that Zakaria Zubaidi is from Jenin camp, and a symbol of the second Intifada, since he participated in many operations against the occupation. He is of a struggler family, where he has two siblings who are former detainees, and his mother and brother are martyrs.