core militants and leaders of the strike Wednesday night from the Nafhah jail in the southern Israeli Negev desert. The 200 prisoners would be dispersed over various other prisons, Channel One said. The authorities announced a number of other measures which would be implemented if the strike went ahead, including stopping the distribution of newspapers to security prisoners and disconnecting television and radio sets in their cells. Israeli Internal Security Minister Tzahi Hanegbi was slated to hold a situation assessment and discuss further action on Friday. Some 4,000 Palestinian security prisoners are currently locked up in Israel's jails.
