RAMALLAH, Wednesday, September 25, 2019 (WAFA) – Representatives of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails today reached an agreement with the Israel Prison Services (IPS) regarding their demands on removing jamming devices from prisons and implementation is going to start tomorrow, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Commission.

It said the agreement stipulates that all prisoners who went on hunger strike 15 days ago to protest the installation of the jamming devices in the prisons will be returned to their prisons and that the transmission of jamming devices will be reduced to radio and television frequencies only. At the same time, the IPS will start installing public phones in the prisons which the prisoners will be able to use to call their families five days a week starting Sunday.

It also says that all punitive measures against the striking prisoners will be removed.

The commission said the prisoners will continue on their strike tomorrow to make sure the IPS keeps its part of the agreement before they officially end their strike.

T.R.