Israel military units attack Ramon prisoners, wound 17 Palestinian captives

Israel military units attack Ramon prisoners, wound 17 Palestinian captives

2010/09/20

17 Palestinian captives were reportedly injured in fierce clashes hat happened last night in Ramon prison with the Israeli units of Nahshon and Masada that violently stormed without prior notice their cells and rooms attacking them and smashing their belongings. Director of Al-Ahrar center for prisoners' studies Fouad Al-Khafsh affirmed that prisoners belongings were destroyed during the clashes. Khafsh noted that this attack was not the only one that happened this week, but it was preceded by an attack on the prisoners of Hadarim jail. He added that the administration of Hadarim following its attack on the prisoners transferred some of them to other sections or solitary cells. The director of the center warned that Israel and its prison authority take advantage of the peace talks with the Palestinian Authority to escalate its repressive acts against Palestinian prisoners and called on human rights organization not to let those unarmed detainees face the Israeli violations against them alone . The official called for making 25th of this month a day of rage in support of the Palestinian prisoners who would go on hunger strike on the same day. For their part, Palestinian lawmakers Ahmed Attoun and Mohamed Totah along with former minister of Al-Quds affairs Khaled Abu Arafa strongly denounced the attack that was waged without reason against the Palestinian prisoners in Ramon prison. In a statement on Monday, they said that this attack was part of a series of aggressive actions taken by Israel against all Palestinian prisoners, especially in Ofer, Shatta and Beersheba prisons.