Occupied Jerusalem - SANA
Dozens of Palestinians, during a solidarity stand in the city of Tulkarm in the West Bank today, called on the international community, human rights and humanitarian institutions and the International Red Cross to urgently intervene to save the lives of prisoners in Israeli occupation detention.
According to Wafa Agency, the participants in the weekly vigil in front of the Red Cross office stressed the need to continue supporting the prisoners and solidarity with them in light of the violations and brutal practices they are subjected to by the occupation authorities and pressure towards their release, led by female prisoners, hunger strikers, the sick and the elderly, amid deliberate medical neglect.
About 5,000 Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli jails face harsh detention conditions, including about 600 prisoners who need urgent medical intervention.