from PressTV
Dozens of international activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla have begun a collective hunger strike inside Israeli prisons, protesting Israel's use of “starvation policy” as a weapon of war in Gaza.
The 42 confirmed hunger strikers, who come from more than a dozen countries, were arrested by the Israeli military between October 1 and 3 during the interception of their aid boats.
The flotilla was attempting to break the naval blockade of Gaza to deliver a symbolic shipment of humanitarian aid.
In a statement, organizers for the Sumud Flotilla said the activists have “refused to be fed by the same entity carrying out a genocidal starvation campaign against millions of Palestinians in Gaza.” ...
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