6 Palestinian detainees continue hunger strike in Israeli prions

RAMALLAH - 7 September 2019: Six Palestinian detainees are continuing their open-ended hunger strike, despite their deteriorating health condition, said the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs on Saturday.

Prisoner Ahmed el Ghanem, 42, from Hebron entered his 56th day of hunger strike, spokesman for the commission Hassan Abdrabo said.

Five other prisoners, aged between 30-46, have gone on an open-ended hunger strike from a period ranges between four and seven weeks, the spokesman noted.

He added that no progress has been achieved, so far, in the file of hunger striking detainees who suffer deteriorating health conditions.