Four hard-left French deputies who were detained by Israel after boarding a Gaza-bound flotilla have declared a hunger strike, their party said, reports AFP.
"We have no news from them" apart from "brief exchanges with their lawyers and with the French consul who was able to visit them," hard-left France Unbowed member of European Parliament Manon Aubry told French radio station Franceinfo Sunday.
"Their detention conditions are difficult," she said, describing more than 10 people per cell and difficulty accessing water.
France Unbowed announced Saturday that two of its national deputies, Francois Piquemal and Marie Mesmeur, and two of its MEPs, Rima Hassan and Emma Fourreau, had declared a hunger strike "in solidarity with the Palestinian people".
Israel detained 30 French citizens after intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla, a fleet of 45 ships that aimed to break Israel's siege on Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the territory.
