Jailed Hamas leader starts hunger strike
RAMALLAH - A Hamas leader serving multiple life sentences in an Israeli prison has declared an open-ended hunger in protest at his solitary confinement, a Palestinian prisoner support group said on Sunday.
Ibrahim Hamed was sentenced in 2010 to multiple life sentences after being convicted of ordering the killing of dozens of Israelis and wounding hundreds.
The Ramallah-based Palestinian Prisoners' Club said that about 200 other Palestinians spread across several Israeli jails would fast in solidarity with Hamed, taking it in turns to each go without food for limited periods, including Fatah commander Marwan Barghouti and general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Ahmed Saadat. (AFP)
