The health of some of the prisoners on hunger strike has declined alarmingly and they have been transferred to hospitals and prison clinics. They are protesting their imprisonment under the policy of administrative detention

The prisoners began their hunger strike due to the tightening of restrictions and punitive measures by Israeli prison authorities in the days following the daring Gilboa prison break in September

Five of the prisoners were associated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group and one with the Fatah’s Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade. Their escape was hailed by sections across Palestine with many terming it a blow to the occupation

A video of a Palestinian man’s body being dragged by a bulldozer moments after he was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers has caused widespread shock and disbelief. Experts have called it a war crime and demanded an investigation

Israel violated Syrian airspace from the occupied Golan heights to carry out the airstrikes on Adeliyah near Damascus. It claimed that the attacks were in response to rockets fired by Islamic Jihad from Palestine

While the Israelis have claimed that the three men had entered the country, evidence from sources in Gaza contradicts this assertion. One of the victims is reported to be a minor