Israeli measures to withstand Palestinian prisoners hunger strike

The Israeli jails authorities put its units in a state of alert as from yesterday in order to withstand a general hunger strike some 4,000 Palestinian prisoners intend to observe by the beginning of next week.

Israeli sources said that the authorities distributed scores of prisoners from Nafha desert detention center in the Negev on other jails.

News reports said that the Palestinian prisoners have taken large scale preparations in order to start an open hunger strike as from next Sunday, in protest of their detention conditions.