Three Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails suspended their hunger strike on Thursday following a decision not to renew their administrative internment.
Head of the Prisoners’ Committee Issa Qaraqe said three detainees—Hassan Rabay’a Majd Abu Shamla and Mussaab Munasreh—ended their hunger strike after the Israeli prison service pledged not to renew their administrative term.
A meeting held between the hunger strikers and Israeli intelligence officers in coordination with the prisoners’ spokesperson in Negev jail Bassel Al-Bazara culminated in a decision not to renew the detainees’ administrative sentence.
The Israeli prison authorities vowed to release the detainees right after the end of their administrative term.
“This is a new victory achieved by Palestinian detainees in their fight for freedom and struggle against the administrative detention policy” said Qaraqe. “The cause requires mass support and international backing to be brought to a halt.”
Prisoner Abu Shamla from Jenin’s town of Yabad and prisoner Rabay’a from Jenin’s town of Methlon had gone on a 30-day hunger strike. Detainee Munasreh a native of Bani Na’im town in Al-Khalil had been on hunger strike for 18 days.
