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Families of Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails demonstrate in the Old City of Jerusalem al-Quds on April 29, 2017 in support of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. (AFP)

May 15th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

As Palestinian Prisoners' Hunger Strike Passes 28th Day, Health Conditions Worsen

The Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs demanded that Palestinian prisoners who entered their 28th day on hunger strike in Israeli prisons on Sunday be hospitalized, as their health continued to decline.

Families of Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails demonstrate outside the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on April 28, 2017. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

May 2nd, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

Former Palestinian prisoner dies of medical complications sustained during custody

Israeli forces detain a Palestinian boy following clashes in the centre of the West Bank city of Hebron, on June 20, 2014. (AFP/File)

October 18th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Israel has detained at least five Palestinian minors over Facebook posts

Palestinian prisoners walk at the yard of Megiddo Prison. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)

October 11th, 2016 - 01:00 GMT

Update: Two Palestinians end hunger striker after Israel meets demands

Israeli borderpolice shoot tear gas at Palestinians in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on December 18, 2015. (Twitter)

October 11th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Eight children detained by Israeli forces 'disguised as Palestinians' in Aida refugee camp, Bethlehem

Palestinian protest in support of prisoners on hunger strike, June 2014. (AFP/File)

October 11th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Palestinian hunger striker put into solitary confinement

A Palestinian girl stands outside an Israeli jail. (AFP/File)

September 25th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

At least 1,000 Palestinian kids detained by IDF so far this year

Palestinian prisoners frequently go on hunger strike to protest the Israeli practice of Administrative Detention, which is indefinite imprisonment without charge or trial. (AFP/File)

September 1st, 2016 - 09:30 GMT

Three Palestinians continuing hunger strike as another reaches a deal with Israel

Israeli soldiers arrest a young Palestinian boy following clashes in the West Bank. (AFP/File)

August 30th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Palestinian minors tortured and abused in Israeli prison

Assaf Harofeh Hospital, where four hunger striking Palestinian prisoners are being held and handcuffed to their beds. (File)

August 28th, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike: Four in critical condition

Israeli forces have detained 560 children from occupied East Jerusalem alone since the beginning of 2016, and that 110 minors were still being held in Israeli prisons, including four girls and 10 boys in juvenile detention centers. (File photo)

August 21st, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Israeli prisons and detention centers torture minors: Report

Palestinian children look through a window at Israeli soldiers conducting searches in the Palestinian al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Hebron. (AFP/File)

August 20th, 2016 - 07:17 GMT

Three Palestinian minors held in Ofer prison without trial or charge

Israel regularly withholds bodies of slain Palestinians for months on end, for fear that funerals would turn into protests. (AFP/File)

August 9th, 2016 - 07:30 GMT

Israel to return body of slain Palestinian man held since October