PRISONER DAY EVENTS KICK OFF IN GAZA

Photo: PIC
Photo: PIC

Gaza, 18 Jumadil Akhir 1436/7 April 2015 (MINA) – The prisoner committee of the national and Islamic forces in Gaza has announced the launch of events on the occasion of the national day of the Palestinian prisoner.

This came during a ceremony held on Sunday afternoon outside the house of Diya al-Agha, dean of the Gazan prisoners, in Khan Younis in the presence of officials from different Palestinian factions, including Hamas and Fatah, The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

The mother of Agha stated during the ceremony that “the issue of prisoners is greater than words can describe and their suffering is harsher than dictionaries can define.”

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“The road to the liberation of prisoners is a great national responsibility and everyone has to seriously work in this direction,” the mother added.

She called for pooling all official and popular efforts to internationalize the issue of the prisoners and demand their release.

For his part, Hamas official Tawfiq Naim stated that the issue of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails would always be a priority for this Movement, stressing the importance of supporting their issue and working hard to extract their freedom.(T/P008/R03)

 

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)