Israel's Prisons Service has hospitalised 40 Palestinian inmates who have been refusing food for over a month in protest against the terms of their imprisonment, spokeswoman Sivan Weizman said Wednesday. Describing their condition as "reasonable" Weizman told AFP they had been taken to hospital at different stages. All the strikers are administrative detainees, and have refused food for nearly five weeks to protest against their being held without trial, Weizman said. Weizman said other inmates had joined the strike since it started, and there are now 240 refusing food.
Source: AFP