JENIN, Monday, March 23, 2020 (WAFA) – A Palestinian serving a life sentence in Israeli prisons for his resistance of its occupation has completed yesterday 17 years behind bars, today said the head of the Jenin branch of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), Muntaser Sammoor.

He told WAFA that Hani Ibrahim Khamayseh, from the town of Yamoun, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, was detained on March 23, 2003 and sentenced to life in prison for his resistance activities.

Khamayseh was born in Algiers and return to his homeland in 1998, after which he joined the Palestinian Military Intelligence in the West Bank. His parents live in Jordan.

There are over 5000 Palestinians serving time in Israeli jails for resisting the occupation.

T.R./M.K.