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Hamas commander put in solitary refuses food
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA Hamas commander put in solitary confinement in Israeli jail earlier today because of a radio interview he gave with a smuggled phone has begun a hunger strike to protest his punishment, a Palestinian official says, according to Ynet.
Abdullah Barghouti, who is serving 67 life sentences, was moved from the general prison population earlier in the day after he gave an interview to a Gaza radio station.
Palestinian prisoners minister Issa Kraka says Barghouti’s hunger strike is open ended.
The duration of his stay in solitary confinement has yet to be determined, a spokesman for the Israeli prison service told AFP earlier in the day.
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