The Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed Tuesday that 54 Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets and suffocation, during confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces, which stormed the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Al-Quds.

Local sources reported that an Israeli force stormed the Qalandia camp and began searching several shops, which resulted in confrontations with dozens of citizens.

The sources added that stun grenades and tear gas were fired, and a number of IOF snipers were stationed on the house roofs during the confrontations with young Palestinians.

The Israeli occupation forces sent military reinforcements that blocked the entrances of the camp and the town of Kafr Aqab, and arrested Ziad Al-Araj, father of the martyr Mohammad Al-Araj, who was martyred by the IOF in 2014.

In an interview for Al Mayadeen, the head of the Palestinian Prisoners Club, Qadura Fares, confirmed that the Palestinian prisoners in occupation prisons have decided to fight a battle through an open hunger strike to extract their rights in rejection of the Israeli occupation policies carried out against them.

The Palestinian Prisoners Club also announced that the prisoners are preparing for their largest battle since 2004 to extract their rights.

The mass hunger strike is scheduled to begin on 25 March, with 4,400 detainees in Israeli occupation prisons demanding their rights to be restored to the pre-Freedom Tunnel status.