GAZA, April 11,2007, (WAFA)-The Church of Nativity deportees announced on Wednesday a hunger strike and called for action to end their suffering and return them to their homes.

In a press conference held in Gaza and on behalf of the deportees, the deportee Mo'ayyad Janazrah called on President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniya to end the deportees' suffering and return them to their families.

Janazarah called also on international Red Cross and all HR organizations to recognize and classify them as deportees, appealing to all journalists and media to focus on their issue in all international levels.

M.H.(14:25 P)(11:25 GMT)