The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has held Israel responsible for the hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners in protest of their administrative detention, and condemned the silence of international and human rights institutions.

In a statement issued on Sunday, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum criticized "arbitrary occupation measures against striking prisoners and ignore their just demands, specifically after the deterioration of their health."

Barhoum deplored the "dubious silence of the international, human rights and humanitarian institutions regarding these crimes and violations against prisoners in Israeli jails," calling on them to "intervene urgently to end their suffering and save their lives, and to leave the box of ignorance and silence."

Hamas spokesman stressed solidarity with the prisoners and their just causes and support them and strengthen their steadfastness with full force "This is a national duty and values ​​and moral for all."

This comes at a time when the Prisoners 'and Editors' Affairs Authority in the PLO announced that the prisoner Tariq Qa'dan suspended the hunger strike after 89 days, after reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prisons Authority to determine the ceiling of his administrative detention.

The prisoner affairs authority said in a statement that Qa'dan "extracted a reduction of his current administrative rule from six to four months, which is not renewable."

Four prisoners in Israel continue their hunger strike to refuse their administrative detention, the oldest of whom is Ismail Ali Al-Mudarab for 96 consecutive days, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Club.

Among the striking prisoners is Hiba al-Labadi, who holds Palestinian and Jordanian citizenship and has been on strike for 34 days.

Administrative detention means the detention of prisoners in open-ended prisons without charge.