The Palestinian detained journalist Mohammad al-Qiq suspended his hunger strike on Friday upon reaching a deal with Israeli Prison Service (IPS) his wife said in a press conference that was held on Friday afternoon in Doura town in al-Khalil.
Muhammad al-Qiq has suspended his 33-day hunger strike upon reaching a deal with the IPS to be released on April 14 she added.
Al-Qiq 34 started his hunger strike on February 6 in protest at being held in administrative detention Israel’s widely condemned policy of internment without charge or trial.
Al-Qiq who was released in May 2016 after going on a 94-day hunger strike in protest at his administrative detention was re-detained on January 15 at Beit El military checkpoint north of Ramallah and given a new administrative detention sentence.
Under administrative detention rules Israel may detain Palestinians without charge or trial and on the basis of secret evidence for up to six months indefinitely renewable by Israeli military courts.
