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Israel troops have forcibly broken up a peaceful sit-in protest held
in occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds in solidarity with hunger striking prisoners in Israeli jails.
According to the Ma’an News Agency on Sunday, Israeli police
raided the sit-in which was being held outside the Damascus Gate in the city.
During the raid, Israel forces also took down tents which had been
set up for the peaceful protesters and confiscated pictures of
Palestinian prisoners. Several people were also detained.
The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate noted that 13 Palestinian
reporters were wounded while attempting to cover the Israeli
regime’s aggression against the demonstrators.
“This attack is just one of series of attacks committed by Israeli
forces against journalists in an attempt to prevent them from
exposing Israeli crimes. These attacks will not prevent journalists
from delivering Palestinians’ message to the world,” read a statement released by the group.
The syndicate also noted that the journalist’s cameras and
equipment were confiscated by Israeli police.
Since April 17, over 1,500 Palestinian prisoners have gone on a
mass hunger strike in protest at the conditions of Israeli
prisons initially called for by former Fatah leader, Marwan Barghouti.
Palestinian inmates regularly stage hunger strikes in protest
at Israel’s administrative detention policy and their harsh prison conditions.