Palestinian female prisoner Randa Shahatit was released from Israeli jails late Tuesday after she waged a hunger strike for 17 days.
Shahatit a mother of three children was re-arrested on January 20 2017 after being released during Wafa al-Ahrar swap deal for allegedly violating the deal terms.
Shortly after her release Shahatit told the PIC reporter that Israeli authorities charged her of planning to carry out anti-occupation attacks.
“On January 20 I was stopped at an Israeli military checkpoint near Fawar refugee camp and taken for investigation” she said.
“I was then detained for 48 hours before being extended to 17 days despite being sick” she continued.
“Thus I decided to declare a hunger strike in protest against my detention.”
After refusing food for ten consecutive days Shahatit was released on a bail of 10000 shekels.
Her driving licence was also withdrawn for a whole year.
Israeli authorities also threatened to re-impose her previous four and a half years sentence of which she served three years in case of any further charge.
Shahatit spent more than six years behind Israeli bars in two separate arrests.
50 Palestinian women including 11 minors are currently held in Israeli jails amid very difficult detention conditions.
