HAMAS: ISRAEL WILL REGRET BREACHING PRISONER EXCHANGE DEAL

        Gaza Strip, 11 Rabiul Akhir 1434/21 February 2013 (MINA) – The Hamas Islamic Resistance Movement has warned that Israel will regret changing its military law to re-detain those freed under the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal.
       Hamas spokesman Samei Abu Zuhrei said in a statement last night that Israel’s law-change is a clear violation of the exchange deal brokered by Egypt between Hamas and Israel. He called on Israel to retreat from its decision, or they will regret it.
      Hebrew Media sources have reported that changes in Israel’s military law now allow the Israeli Military Forces (IMF) and Shin Bet to rearrest any released detainee until the end of his or her original sentence, on the slightest pretext and often relying on secret evidence.
       IMF, in cooperation with Shin Bet, have re-detained 14 of those freed in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal since its implementation in October 2011, according to Alresalah reports monitored by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA), Thursday.

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One Thousand Prisoners Begin Hunger Strike Tuesday

       Meanwhile, Over 1000 Palestinian prisoners go on a hunger strike Tuesday in solidarity with the striking prisoners in Israeli jails.
       Riyadh al-Ashqar, the director of prisoners of Palestine center for Studies, said that prisoners in Israeli prisons of Eichel , Nafha and Raymond launched one-day hunger strike in solidarity with the striking prisoners, aiming to send a message to the Israeli prisons administration that such suffering of their colleagues , particularly Samer Issawi and Ayman Sharawna , must be ended.
       Al-Ashqar told Alresalah Net that the strike by prisoners is the first step within a struggle program to protest the harsh conditions of prisoners in general and in solidarity with their colleagues on hunger strike since several months.
       He pointed out that prisoners in is israeli jails follow with concern the developments of colleagues on hunger strike situation, who are in hospitals in a very dangerous condition, threatening to escalate against israeli prisons’ administration if such israeli practices continue.
       Calling for interaction with prisoners’ cause, he said that a third Intifada would be strong event to rescue prisoners of such disastrous situation. (T/P02/E1)

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Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)