Large numbers of Palestinians marched in several West Bank cities today in protest against the killing of Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan after 87 days of hunger strike in Israeli prisons.
Hundreds rallied in Ramallah to express their anger at the killing of Adnan, who died after being on a hunger strike for 87 days in protest against his detention by Israeli occupation authorities.
The participants in the rally raised pictures of Adnan and the Palestinian flag, demanding justice for the Palestinian prison held in Israeli jails, and holding the Israeli occupation, particularly the so-called Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir directly responsible for Adnan’s death after issuing orders not to give food or additives to any Palestinian prisoner who goes on hunger strike.
They demanded that the international community and the International Criminal Court should hold the Israeli occupation accountable for its crimes against the Palestinians, particularly the prisoners.
Similar rallies were held in the cities of Nablus, Bethlehem, Hebron, Tulkarm, and the town of Arraba, near Jenin, Adnan’s hometown.
Confrontations also erupted at contact points with Israeli soldiers north of Ramallah, in the old town of Hebron, nearby Beit Ummar, al-Ram, near Jerusalem, Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, Kufr al-Labbad near Tulkarm, and in Qalqilya after the Israeli forces responded to the protesters by firing tear gas and shooting rubber bullets at them, injuring several people.
