Hamas tells Fatah prisoners to supply own food

Bombay News.Net
Thursday 2nd July, 2009

Fatah prisoners, detained by Hamas members in the Gaza Strip, have been asked to supply their own food and water.

Hamas officials have told the detainees that prisons in the Gaza Strip are so full that they don’t have enough money to feed all prisoners.

At least 500 Fatah supporters have been detained by Hamas security forces over the past few days in a security crackdown.

Prisoners have been given permission to ring their families to ask for food and drinks.

Fatah government officials have accused Hamas of kidnapping Fatah members in the Gaza Strip, and sometimes holding them for years.

A human rights group has reported that Hamas security forces had arrested 515 Fatah supporters in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the week.

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