Gaza Salafists Accuse Hamas Of Harassment, Torture
Salafist prisoners in Gaza have reportedly begun a hunger strike in protest against their detention and continued harassment by Hamas authorities, Mohammed Suliman reports.
Salafist groups in Gaza recently accused the Hamas-controlled government of launching a campaign targeting its members on charges related to rocket fire into the south of Israel, and trying to sabotage the Egyptian-mediated truce agreement between Palestinian militant groups and Israel.
On April 28, several families of Salafist detainees languishing in government detention centers gathered in Gaza City to protest their family members’ detention and call for their immediate release.
The protesters, Ma’an News Agency reported, carried several banners condemning the arrests by the Hamas Internal Security Apparatus (ISA) in Gaza and claimed that the detainees have started a hunger strike in protest against their imprisonment.
The recent arrests were confirmed by the Hamas Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip, which said in a media release published on its website May 2 that the ISA had arrested a number of what it called “ultra-Salafists” on security-related and criminal charges. The statement denied that the men were arrested on ideological grounds.
