Rabat – The administration of the Al Arjat 1 local prison has confirmed that on Friday morning, detainee “M.Z” presented a handwritten note announcing the suspension of his hunger strike, adding that since that day and until Monday, the prisoner concerned has been taking his meals regularly.

In a clarification in response to a statement by an “association claiming to be active in the defense of human rights” on the inmate’s state of health, the prison administration recalled that it had issued a press release on Friday February 16 stating that the prisoner had indeed ended his hunger strike.

Disregarding this press release, “on February 18, the aforementioned association published a statement in which it sought to mislead public opinion by implying that the detainee ‘M.Z’ was still on hunger strike, going so far as to urge him to end it to save his life!”, noted the same source.

The prison administration “denounces all attempts at disinformation by certain parties and individuals who have become accustomed
to exploiting this type of case to further their suspicious agendas, thereby losing all credibility with the public, who no longer believe their repeated and blatant lies, and who now find dubious their obstinacy in propagating false information and inventing facts that are the pure product of their imagination”, the statement pointed out.

HEBRON: A young Palestinian man was wounded by bullet shrapnel and dozens of others suffocated by tear gas tonight during confrontations with Israeli occupation forces in the al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron.

WAFA correspondent reported that the occupation forces broke into the al-Arroub camp, leading to confrontations, during which the soldiers fired live bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters at residents, which resulted in dozens of suffocation cases.

A young man was also struck in the chest with bullet shrapnel, which necessitated his transfer to hospital for treatment.

Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA