An-Najah News - Nablus - Today is the anniversary of the Palestinian Prisoner Day, which was approved after the Palestinian National Council in 1974, during its regular session, on April 17th, set a national day to fulfill the prisoners and their sacrifices, support them and support their right to liberty.

This date was chosen to celebrate the prisoner's day, as it witnessed the release of the first Palestinian prisoner, Mahmoud Bakr Hijazi, in the first prisoner exchange between the Palestinians and the Israeli occupation.

Additionally, the twentieth Arab summit decided in late March of 2008 in the Syrian capital, Damascus, to adopt this day every year to celebrate it in all Arab countries, in solidarity with Palestinian and Arab prisoners in Israeli detention.

In light of the circumstances in which our people and the region live as a result of the outbreak of the corona virus, the national and Islamic forces called on our people everywhere and the families of the prisoners to raise the pictures of their captured children on the balconies and the roofs of the houses with the Palestinian flag, at six o'clock on Friday evening, as an expression to stand by them.

And they have also announced the launch of the hashtag entitled “The occupation virus is more dangerous than the corona virus,” starting today, Thursday, on all social media sites, and promoting pressure campaigns and advocacy regionally and internationally, to support prisoners.

There are about 5,000 detainees in the Israeli occupation camps, among them 41 female prisoners, and 180 children. There are also about 700 detainees who suffer from illness, 300 of whom need continuous treatment, including 10 who has cancer.