Marathon for Prisoners: Palestinian Runners Compete in Gaza

By Palestine Chronicle Workers

A marathon was held in Gaza on Friday in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners and their households. 

Gaza’s Ministry of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners in Gaza held the marathon within the besieged Strip as a present of assist and to lift consciousness of the continuing wrestle of Palestinian prisoners. 

Below the title Wafaa Al-Ahrar – Loyalty to the Free – the marathon was organized collectively with the Greater Council for Youth and Sports activities, the Prisoners’ Info Workplace, the Sheikh Ahmed Yassin Basis, and the Prisoners Committee.

Beginning on the Al-Baidar space, positioned in Al-Rasheed Road in Gaza, the long term completed on the Gaza port, the place the closing ceremony was additionally held. 

The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Prisoners, Bahaa Al-Madhoun, stated that Palestinian prisoners are subjected to the brutality of Israeli occupation and that the Palestinian folks will all the time stand in solidarity with the 1000’s of Palestinian prisoners and their households. 

At present, there are 4,780 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons. In line with the Prisoner Help and Human Rights Affiliation Addameer, they embrace 29 girls, 160 youngsters and 915 administrative detainees.

On the ceremony, the Prisoners’ Info Workplace introduced the winner of the Wafaa Al-Ahrar Marathon, Mahmoud Abu Sbeitan from town of Deir Al-Balah within the central Gaza Strip.

Regardless of the small measurement of Gaza and the 16-year-old Israeli siege, long-distance working within the Strip has grown extra common in recent times, with a number of worldwide marathoners hailing from the Gaza Strip. 

(All Images: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle)