Hamas warned Israel of serious repercussion if ongoing attacks on Palestinian detainees held in Raymond jail continued; Hamas also called for mass-solidarity campaigns with the isolated captives.

Hamas spokesperson Hosam Badran said in a press statement that Raymond inmates have lately been subjected to a wave of pre-planned psycho-physical torture tactics perpetrated by the Israeli prison authorities most notably via abrupt break-ins and search campaigns.  

Tension has hit climactic levels at the Raymond lock-up after the prison administration cracked down on leader Sheikh Jamal Abu al-Heija and the Jihad-affiliated inmate Zeid Bseisso.

Badran pushed for mobilizing mass-support of the Raymond prisoners’ cause, warning of Israeli intents to hoodwink Palestinian detainees and cut the cord that links them together to one single cause and soil.

Recent negotiations between Israeli prison authorities and representatives of Hamas inmates have reached a deadlock after the Israeli administration reneged on earlier pledges and accords banning transfers of leaders of the prisoner movement from one prison to another.

Badran reiterated Hamas’s solidarity with the prisoners’ cause and support of any protest moves initiated in objection to the Israeli prison authorities’ despotism and violation of prisoners’ rights.

Some 350 Hamas-affiliated inmates and 70 Jihad affiliates, held in the Israeli Raymond lock-up, have launched distress signals over the storming campaigns stepped up by the Israeli occupation wardens.