RAMALLAH, August 1, 2018 (WAFA) – Palestinian journalist Alaa Rimawi started an open hunger strike from the day he was detained by Israel on Monday in protest of his detention, Munther Abu Ahmad, an attorney with the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), said on Wednesday.

He said Rimawi, 40, is undergoing interrogation at Ofer military camp near Ramallah and is expected to appear in a military court on Thursday.

Israeli soldiers detained Rimawi on Monday, along with three other journalists and accused them of working for the banned Al-Quds TV, which Israel claims is affiliated with Hamas. Rimawi is director of the Ramallah office of the TV station. Al-Quds TV was banned on July 9.

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