More than one thousand Palestinians serving sentence in the Israeli prisons, went on hunger strike on Monday.
the Protest action beganafter an appeal of one of leaders of the Palestinian movement Barguti Marwan, sentenced in Israel to a life imprisonment.
according to the representative of Palestinian Authority Issah Karake, hunger strike were declared by about 1300 Palestinian prisoners, their number can grow.
In non-governmental organization "Club of the Palestinian prisoners" estimate number of participants of the action in 1500.
according to representatives of Palestinian Authority, the Israeli prisons contain about 7 thousand Palestinians.
Barguti Marwan in 2004 was sentenced by the Israeli court to five life imprisonments for murders of five people, and also by 40 years of prison for attempt at murders.