Egyptian prisoners jailed in Israel launch hunger strike

Egyptian media outlets reported that Egyptian prisoners jailed in Kziot prison launched a hunger strike and demanded to be released.

Ibrahim El-Darawi, head of the Palestinian Studies Centre in Cairo, said that 65 Egyptian prisoners launched the hunger strike in protest that they were not included among the 25 prisoners who were released in October in return for Israeli-American Ilan Grapel. The Israel Prison Service stated that only three Egyptian prisoners in Kziot announced that they are launching a hunger strike. (Roi Kais and Raanan Ben-Zur)