Al Jazeera Mubasher met the family of the Jerusalemite prisoner Salah al-Hammoury, one of the prisoners on hunger strike in the occupation prisons.

Hassan Al-Hammouri, the father of the captive Salah, said that what prompted his son and his companions to go on hunger strike was their feeling of injustice as a result of the administrative detention, noting that the strike is open until their demands are met.

The father added, "Salah is in high spirits, and he is in Hadarin prison with the rest of the prisoners who have announced a strike in several prisons."

He continued, "This is not the first arrest, as it was preceded by several arrests, and it was extended twice, 3 months each time, and it is an injustice that follows an injustice. They resorted to a strike to free themselves from this continuing injustice, claiming that Salah's file is confidential."

The father explained, “The secret file, we don’t know what it is. The occupation authorities present a file to the judge and say a confidential file, and people leave the courtroom, after which we go in and the judge decides to extend it.”

At the conclusion of his speech, Salah’s father sent a message to the striking prisoners, in which he said, “If they begin to strike, they must continue until they obtain their rights, because this is a difficult and thorny file that requires steadfastness, determination and will. “.

Hassan Hammouri pointed out that his son “has French citizenship, and a year ago they withdrew his residency in Jerusalem, and withdrew his medical treatment.”

"We go to the French consulate and to the French president to move in order for Salah to gain his freedom, especially since there are no accusations against him, and there is no life for those who call, except for visits to him in prison, they do nothing," he said.

I will stay here

For her part, Denis Al-Hammoury, the mother of the captive, Salah, said that her son had been imprisoned 6 times since he was a student at the school, and the longest period of detention was from 2005 to 2011, then he was released under the Shalit deal, and the total of what Salah spent in the occupation prisons was 9 years.

And about the French government and popular efforts to release Salah, especially that the mother holds French citizenship, she said, “The popular movement has activities in France, but for the government they only visit Salah in prison, and claim that they interfere with the occupation authorities, but we do not see a special result that the arrest The administration is illegal and their action must be stronger than that.”

It is reported that the prisoner, Salah, his wife is French, and another facet of his suffering is being denied access to his family.

The mother said, "Since 2016, his wife was pregnant and they took her out of the country. She gave birth to the first and second child in France, and they stayed there for more than 10 years."

She added, "The occupation claims that they are dangerous, and there is nothing legal, but they want to punish Salah and refuse to grant them a visa to return to the country."

And she continued, "They would like Salah to leave. They asked him to leave and live in France, but Salah refused and said I am here and I will stay here, and the occupation tells him we do not want you here."

She added, "Before withdrawing his identity card, he used to travel to his family from time to time, but after imprisonment, we asked him to contact his family or for a message to reach him from them, but the occupation authorities refused any contact between them."

At the end of her speech, the mother sent a message to Salah and his comrades in the strike, saying, "God willing, their strikes will achieve the result they hope for, which is freedom and the end of administrative detention. I know that it is not an easy matter and requires steadfastness from them and us as well, and we are with them."

Today, Sunday, 30 detainees in the Israeli occupation prisons are engaged in an open hunger strike, in refusal to continue their administrative detention.

The move comes as the occupation continues to escalate administrative detention operations, and the scope of targeting has expanded, as the number of administrative detainees in the occupation’s prisons exceeded 760 administrative detainees, including children, women, the elderly and the sick, knowing that 80% of the administrative detainees are former prisoners who spent years in the occupation’s prisons, and most of the operations The arrests they were subjected to were administrative detentions.