Italian prisoner at Israeli jails threatens hunger strike

The Italian pro-Palestine activist Samantha Comizzoli, who has been detained in an Israeli jail since Friday, threatened to start hunger strike protesting Israel's decision to deport her outside of Palestine.

Ahrar Center for Prisoners and Human Rights revealed that Samantha Comizzoli was arrested on Friday by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Nablus while she was taking part in a peaceful march in Kafr Qadoum in Qalqilya on a makeshift barrier.

She was questioned in the field for six hours then, on Sunday, brought to Tel Aviv airport where she is now detained, the center added.

Samantha was working as an activist in the field of journalism and documenting the Israeli violations against Palestinians especially the children.

She is an activist at Solidarity for Free Palestine (SFP) and has been in Palestine for over a year. The center also condemned the arrest of Samantha and called the Palestinian highest official organizations to intervene in order to release her and to pressure Israel not to deport her out of Palestine.