Thousands gather across occupied territories to mark Palestinian Prisoners’ Day

‘Israeli forces have attacked protesters marking Palestinian Prisoners’ Day throughout the occupied territories.
On Monday, Israeli troops used rubber bullets and teargas to suppress a demonstration in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Some 1,500 people were taking part in the demonstration in a show of support for some 6,500 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails, and in solidarity for a mass hunger strike that began on Monday.
The protesters were carrying banners which read, “We do not forget you, our heroic prisoners” and “The night of the prison cell won’t last, the night of the prison cell is short lived.”’
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