Dozens of Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on May 5 during mass protests in solidarity with the 1600 Palestinians in Israeli prisons, Ma’an news agency said that day. Protesters were hit by live rounds and rubber bullets as they showed their support for the prisoners, who were then on the 19th day of a mass hunger strike against their treatment.
In an example of the stakes, ex-Palestinian prisoner Mazen Muhammad al-Mughrabi, a 45-year-old resident of Ramallah, died on May 1 from medical complications he sustained during his time in Israeli custody, Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs head Issa Qaraqe told Ma’an.
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