The Palestinian prisoner Maher Al-Akhras suspended on Thursday his open hunger strike which lasted for more than 23 days.
Al-Akhras ended his hunger strike to allow his attorney the chance to negotiate with the Israeli prosecution after an indictment was issued against him the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Authority affirmed in a brief statement.
The decision came after a hearing session was scheduled for October 26.
Al-Akhras a father of six children was kidnapped from his home in Silat ad-Dhaher town in Jenin on August 23 2023 by Israeli occupation forces and has been held since then under an administrative detention order with no indictment or trial.
Al-Akhras’s last hunger strike in 2020 which continued for 103 days drew widespread local and international solidarity.
