Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails continued their hunger strike for a third day. The prisoners are protesting Israel’s refusal to include them among the 250 Palestinians freed last Friday. The strike was launched by members of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat’s Fatah faction.
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