A Palestinian prisoner in Israel suspends his 172-day hunger strike
On Wednesday evening, a Palestinian prisoner suspended his open hunger strike, which has been going on for 172 days, according to an agreement with the Israeli authorities to release him after a month, according to what Palestinian sources announced.
The PLO Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Authority stated in a statement that the prisoner, Khalil Awawda, suspended his open hunger strike after reaching a written agreement to set the ceiling for his administrative detention and release him on the second of next October.
The authority explained that the prisoner, Awawda, and in accordance with the agreement to suspend his strike and give him a fundamental decision, will remain in an Israeli hospital until he fully recovers, provided that he is released from the hospital and not return to prison because his condition requires care and a long time to recover.
Awawda, 40, who hails from Hebron in the southern West Bank, had gone on hunger strike to protest his administrative detention, which the Israeli authorities use for open detention without filing a charge.
Follow our latest local and sports news and the latest political and economic developments via Google news